Kinematics Review Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2024
- Answers variable for acceleration
vbar - Answers variable for average speed or average velocity.
d - Answers variable for distance or displacement.
∆ - Answers variable for "change in".
vf - Answers variable for instantaneous final velocity.
∆v - Answers variable for "change in velocity".
vi - Answers variable for instantaneous initial velocity.
t - Answers variable for time.
v - Answers variable for instantaneous velocity or instantaneous speed.
m/s - Answers fundamental SI unit for any type of speed or velocity
m/s/s - Answers fundamental SI unit for acceleration.
m - Answers fundamental SI unit for distance or displacement
s - Answers fundamental SI unit for time.
scalar - Answers general name for a quantity that only requires a magnitude (size) to fully describe.
vector - Answers general name for a quantity that requires both a magnitude (size) and direction to fully
describe.
distance - Answers a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its
motion.
displacement - Answers a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is from its
starting point".
speed - Answers a scalar quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's distance
traveled is changing at some specified time.
velocity - Answers a vector quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's
displacement is changing at some specified time.
initial velocity - Answers a vector quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's
displacement is changing at the starting time. (t=0 sec)
- Answers variable for acceleration
vbar - Answers variable for average speed or average velocity.
d - Answers variable for distance or displacement.
∆ - Answers variable for "change in".
vf - Answers variable for instantaneous final velocity.
∆v - Answers variable for "change in velocity".
vi - Answers variable for instantaneous initial velocity.
t - Answers variable for time.
v - Answers variable for instantaneous velocity or instantaneous speed.
m/s - Answers fundamental SI unit for any type of speed or velocity
m/s/s - Answers fundamental SI unit for acceleration.
m - Answers fundamental SI unit for distance or displacement
s - Answers fundamental SI unit for time.
scalar - Answers general name for a quantity that only requires a magnitude (size) to fully describe.
vector - Answers general name for a quantity that requires both a magnitude (size) and direction to fully
describe.
distance - Answers a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its
motion.
displacement - Answers a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is from its
starting point".
speed - Answers a scalar quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's distance
traveled is changing at some specified time.
velocity - Answers a vector quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's
displacement is changing at some specified time.
initial velocity - Answers a vector quantity that refers to the instantaneous rate at which an object's
displacement is changing at the starting time. (t=0 sec)
