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“SCIENCE IS A POWERFUL
INSTRUMENT. HOW IT IS USED,
WHETHER IT IS A BLESSING OR A
CURSE TO MANKIND, DEPENDS
ON MANKIND AND NOT ON THE
INSTRUMENT. A KNIFE IS USEFUL,
BUT IT CAN ALSO KILL”
– ALBERT EINSTEIN
MOTION
• KINEMATICS – STUDY OF
MOTION WITHOUT
CONSIDERING ITS CAUSES
• DYNAMICS – STUDY
MOTION AND THE FORCES
THAT AFFECTS IT
TRANSLATION
- MOTION IN A
STRAIGHT LINE
• POSITION – LOCATION OF
AN OBJECT WITH RESPECT
TO A REFERENCE FRAME
• REFERENCE FRAME –
ANYTHING TO WHICH AN
OBJECT CAN REFERRED TO
MOTION IS RELATIVE
• DISTANCE – ACTUAL
LENGTH OF PATH TAKEN BY
AN OBJECT
• DISPLACEMENT – STRAIGHT
LINE BETWEEN INITIAL AND
FINAL POSITION
Sample No. 1
Suppose that in going to
school, you walked 40 m east
and 30 m north. (a) What was
the total distance you
walked? (b) What was your
total displacement?
Sample No. 1
When you arrived in school, you
found out that classes were
suspended because of bad weather.
You went back home following the
same path. (c) What was the total
distance you walked in going to
school and back home? (d) What
was your total displacement?
• SPEED – THE DISTANCE THAT
A BODY MOVES IN A UNIT
TIME
• VELOCITY – THE TIME RATE
OF CHANGE OF POSITION
• AVERAGE SPEED – THE
TOTAL DISTANCE IT
TRAVELED DIVIDED BY THE
TIME SPENT
• INSTANTANEOUS SPEED –
SPEED AT A PARTICULAR
INSTANT OF TIME
• AVERAGE VELOCITY – TOTAL
DISPLACEMENT DIVIDED BY
THE TOTAL TIME
• INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY
– VELOCITY AT AN INSTANT
OF TIME
• AVERAGE VELOCITY – TOTAL
DISPLACEMENT DIVIDED BY
THE TOTAL TIME
• INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY
– VELOCITY AT AN INSTANT
OF TIME
Sample No. 2
For his daily training, an
athlete runs around a 15.0 m
radius track five times in 2.50
min. What is his (a) average
speed and (b) average
velocity?
• ACCELERATION – CHANGE
IN VELOCITY WITH RESPECT
TO TIME
– CHANGE IN SPEED
– CHANGE IN DIRECTION
– CHANGE IN BOTH
EVERYDAY PHYSICS
“Motion with constant velocity is
very rare.”
Sample No. 3
In which case is the car accelerating?
a) A car changing lanes at constant speed
b) A car speeding up in an effort to beat
the red light
c) A car slowing down while making a left
turn
d) A car going around Mabuhay Rotonda
at constant speed
• UNIFORM MOTION –
SIMPLEST TYPE OF MOTION
– VELOCITY IS CONSTANT
– ACCELERATION IS ZERO
– INSTANTANEOUS AND
AVERAGE VELOCITY IS EQUAL
Sample No. 4
A car caught in a heavy traffic
situation along Rizal Avenue
moves at constant speed
covering of 3.0 m in 5.0 s (a)
What is the speed of the car? (b)
How far will the object move in
10.0 s?
•UNIFORM ACCELERATED
MOTION – TYPE OF
MOTION IN WHICH
VELOCITY IS CHANGING
AT A CONSTANT RATE
Sample No. 5
A Nissan Sentra is stopped at a
traffic light. When the light turns
green, the driver accelerates so
that the cars speedometer reads
10m/s after 5s. What is the car’s
acceleration assuming it is
constant?
Sample No. 6
A racer accelerates from rest at a
constant rate of 2.0 m/s/s. (a)
How fast will the racer be going
at the end of 6.0 s? (b) How far
has the racer traveled during this
time?
Sample No. 7
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