Motion Graphs Three types of graphs that can represent motion are displacement-time graphs, velocity-time graphs, and acceleration-time graphs Displacement-Time Graph On a displacement-time graph… ...
Acceleration Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity In other words, it describes how much an object's velocity changes every second The equation below is used to calculate the av...
Speed & Velocity Speed The speed of an object is the distance it travels every second Speed is a scalar quantity This is because it only contains a magnitude (without a direction) The average s...
Distance & Displacement Distance is a measure of how far an object travels It is a scalar quantity - in other words, the direction is not important The athletes run a total distance of 300 m Co...
Solving Vector Problems In physics, vectors appear in many different topic areas Specifically, vectors are often combined and resolved to solve problems when considering motion, forces, and momentu...
Combining & Resolving Vectors Vectors are represented by an arrow The arrowhead indicates the direction of the vector The length of the arrow represents the magnitude Combining Vectors Vectors ...
Vector & Scalar Quantities A scalar is a quantity which only has a magnitude (size) A vector is a quantity which has both a magnitude and a direction For example, if a person goes on a hike in ...
Error Bars The uncertainty in a measurement can be shown on a graph as an error bar This bar is drawn above and below the point (or from side to side) and shows the uncertainty in that measurement ...
Uncertainties Precision Precise measurements are ones in which there is very little spread about the mean value, in other words, how close the measured values are to each other If a measurement is ...
