SC08-DVPhysics Study Guide
MOTION
1. What is POSITION?
2. What is the relationship
between DISTANCE and
DISPLACEMENT?
Period
3. What METRIC TOOL and
UNIT do we use to
measure DISTANCE?
6. What METRIC UNIT do we use to
denote velocity?
4. What METRIC TOOL and
UNIT do we use to
measure TIME?
7. What information does VELOCITY
contain?
VELOCITY
5. What is the EQUATION to calculate
velocity?
Name
CHANGING POSITION (DISTANCE) IN TIME
MOTION
8. What is the EQUATION
to calculate VELOCITY?
9. What METRIC UNIT do
we use to denote
SPEED?
SIMPLE GRAPHS
12. What does the SLOPE of POSITION vs TIME graph tell
us?
14. Match Lines from
graph to left with
proper description:
______Constant Speed
(away from start)
______Constant Speed
(back to start)
______ No motion
______ Pos. Accel
CHANGING SPEED (VELOCITY) IN TIME
10. What is the EQUATION
to calculate
ACCELERATION?
11. What METRIC UNIT do
we use to denote
ACCELERATION?
13. What does the SLOPE of VELOCITY vs TIME graph tell
us?
15. Match Lines from
graph to left with
proper description:
______Constant Speed
______ Constant Accel
______ No motion
______ Increasing Accel
______Decreasing Accel
(Increasing Speed)
______ Neg. Accel
CONTRAST
(Decreasing Speed)
16. What CAN Position-Time Graphs tell us about the
movement of an object?
17. What CAN Velocity-Time Graphs tell us about the
movement of an object?
19. Make a TREND
statement about the
data in the graph/chart
to the left.
FORCE
GRAPHING
18. Make a graph for the data at the
right.
21. What is GRAVITY? How
does it affect the motion
of objects on earth?
22. What is CONTACT
FORCE? How does it
affect the motion of
objects on earth?
26. What do objects do when forces
are UNBALANCED?
28. When you apply a force to an object, you change its
acceleration. What are the 3 types of ACCELERATION?
24. How can the effect of
FRICTION be reduced on a
moving object?
27. When forces are UNBALANCED,
what is the direction of motion?
29. What is INERTIA?
30. Using Newton’s 1st Law,
explain why cars have
AIRBAGS.
31. How does adding MASS affect
ACCELERATION?
32. How does adding FORCE affect
ACCELERATION?
33. How does adding MASS affect FORCE?
34. When one object exerts an ACTION
FORCE what does the other object do?
35. Explain how a rocket takes off using
Newton’s 3rd Law.
36. What is the METRIC UNIT for FORCE?
37. How do we ensure that variables are
controlled in experiment?
38. What kind of error must scientists be
careful of in their experiments?
39. When critiquing research, what things
might make the results of an
investigation questionable?
STRAND 1
NEWTON 3
NEWTON 2
NEWTON 1
25. What do objects do when forces
are BALANCED?
23. What is FRICTION? How
does it affect the motion
of objects on earth?
20. Calculate the
VELOCITY of the
object in the
chart at the left.