SUMMER PROJECT

VOCABE:
Trajectory: the path followed by projectile.
Acceleration: change in velocity divided by time interval over which it
occurred.
Radians: a unit of angle, equal to an angle at the center of a circle whose arc
is equal in length to the radius.
Net force: vector sum of forces on object.
Kinetic frictional force: Between two hard surfaces, the kinetic friction is
usually somewhat lower than the static friction, meaning that more force is
required to set the objects in motion than to keep them in motion.
Rotational motion Static equilibrium: a situation in which the total forces
acting on an object at rest add up to zero.
Newton's Second Law: The second law states that the acceleration of an
object is dependent upon two variables - the net force acting upon the object
and the mass of the object.
Impulse: product of force and time interval over which it acts.
restoring force: any one of the forces or torques that tend to restore a
system or parts thereof to equilibrium after displacement
restoring force: A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center
(or point) of rotation. A three-dimensional object always rotates around an
imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis passes through the body's
center of mass, the body is said to rotate upon itself, or spin.
Keplers laws: three laws of motion of bodies attracted together by the
gravitational force.
Motion: the action or process of moving or being moved.
Displacement: change in position. A vector quantity.
Free fall acceleration: Definitions. noun. the acceleration of a
body falling freely in a vacuum near the surface of the earth in the earth's
gravitational field: the standard value is 9.806 65 meters per second per
second or 32.174 feet per second per second g Also called: acceleration due
to gravity, acceleration of gravity.
Angular acceleration: is the rate of change of angular velocity. In SI units, it is
measured in radians per second squared (rad/s2), and is usually denoted by
the Greek letter alpha (). Contents. [hide] 1 Mathematical definition.
Gravitational force: attraction between two objects due to their mass.
Inertia: tendency of object not to change its motion.
Weight: force of gravity of an object.
Newton third law: These two forces are called action and reaction forces and
are the subject of Newton's third law of motion. Formally stated, Newton's
third lawis: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Inelastic collision: collision in which some of the kinetic energy is changed
into another form.
Hookes law: deformation of an object is proportional to force causing it.

Angular momentum: quantity of rotational motion. For a rotating object,

product of moment of inertia and angular velocity.
Frequency: number of occurrences per unit time.
Average speed: The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the
distance travelled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the
instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the duration of the
time interval approaches zero.
Instantaneous acceleration: acceleration at a specific time; slope of tangent
to velocity- time graph.
Centripetal acceleration: Centripetal force is generally the cause of circular
motion. In simple terms, centripetal force is defined as a force which keeps a
body moving with a uniform speed along a circular path and is directed along
the radius towards the center.
Normal force: force perpendicular to surface.
Drag force: In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of
friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction) refers to forces acting
opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a
surrounding fluid.
Terminal speed: In fluid dynamics, an object is moving at its terminal velocity
if its speed is constant due to the restraining force exerted by the fluid
through which it is moving.
Orbit: a sphere of activity, interest, or application.
Kinetic energy: energy of object due to its motion.
Work: product of force and displacement in the direction of the force.
Torque: product of force and the lever arm.
Amplitude: in any periodic motion, the maximum displacement from
equilibrium.
Average velocity: velocity measured over a finite time interval.
Period: time needed to repeat one complete cycle of motion.
Force: agent that results in accelerating or deforming an object.
Static friction force: Static friction is friction between two or more solid
objects that are not moving relative to each other. For example, static friction
can prevent an object from sliding down a sloped surface.
thrust force: Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's
second and third laws. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one
direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but
opposite direction on that system.
Newton's first law: The focus of Lesson 1 is Newton's first law of motion sometimes referred to as the law of inertia. An object at rest stays at rest and
an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same
direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
The focus of Lesson 1 is Newton's first law of motion - sometimes referred to
as the law of inertia. An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion

stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted
upon by an unbalanced force.
Momentum: product of objects mass and velocity.
Mechanical energy: sum of potential and kinetic energy.
Power: rate of doing work; rate of energy conversion.
escape speed: escape velocity definition. The speed an object must reach to
escape the pull of gravitation exerted by another object. Note: To overcome
the gravitation of the Earth and place an artificial satellite in orbit, a rocket
must reach a speed of about 25,000 miles per hour, or about seven miles per
second.
Simple harmonic motion: motion caused by linear restoring that has a period
independent of amplitude of motion.

Part II: Units

1) Displacement
a) The standard unit of displacement in the International System ofUnits ( SI ) is the
meter (m)
2) Centripetal acceleration
a) The same units as are used for any type of acceleration. In the SI, that would
be meters/second2.
3) Drag force
a) Drag force can be measured in any units of force. What you got, depends on
what units you used for the density, speed, and area.
4) Impulse
a) The unit of impulse is the same as the unit of momentum, kg. m/s.
5) Mechanical energy
a) The SI unit of work is the joule. Plug in forces in newtons and distances in
meters, and the work automatically comes out in joules. (The fact that work's
units are the same as energy's units is important.) motion of an object a
force on the object, along the direction of motion.
6) Torque
a) Note that the SI units of torque is a Newton-metre, which is also a way of
expressing a Joule (the unit for energy). However, torque is not energy. So, to
avoid confusion, we will use the units N.m, and not J. The distinction arises
because energy is a scalar quanitity, whereas torque is a vector.
7) Velocity
a) Speed and velocity are both measured using the same units. The SI unit of
distance and displacement is the meter. The SI unit of time is the second. The
SI unit of speed and velocity is the ratio of two the meter per second.
8) Force
a) Newton (unit) Not to be confused with Newton scale, a rarely used non-SI
temperature scale. The newton (symbol: N) is the International System of
Units (SI) derived unit of force. It is named after Isaac Newton in recognition
of his work on classical mechanics, specifically Newton's second law of
motion.
9) Weight

a) The kilogram-force is a non-SI unit of force, defined as the force exerted by a

one kilogram mass in standard Earth gravity (equal to 9.80665 newtons
exactly). The dyne is the cgs unit of force and is not a part of SI, while
weights measured in the cgs unit of mass, the gram, remain a part of SI.
10)
Momentum
a) Mass is in kg and velocity is in m/s.
This means that the answer should read kg x m/s.
This is not equivalent to newtons which is kg x m/s^2.
11)
Work
a) The SI unit of work is the joule (J), which is defined as the work expended by a
force of one newton through a distance of one metre.
12)
Escape speed
a) You will calculate the escape velocity for a number of bodies using the MKS
system where the units for distance are meters, the units for mass are
kilograms, and the units for time are seconds. In this system, the
gravitational constant has the value: G = 6.67 * 10-11 Newtonmeter2/kilogram2.
13)
Acceleration
a) Acceleration has the dimensions of velocity (L/T) divided by time, i.e., L/T2.
The SI unit of acceleration is the metre per second squared (m/s2); this can
be called more meaningfully "metre per second per second", as the velocity
in metres per second changes by the acceleration value, every second.
14)
Net force
a) It is measured in the SI unit of newtons and represented by the symbol F. The
original form of Newton's second law states that the net force acting upon an
object is equal to the rate at which its momentum changes with time.
15)
Mass
a) Outside SI system, other units include:
b) The slug (sl) is an Imperial unit of mass, (about 14.6 kg) similar to the
kilogram.
c) The pound (lb) is a unit of both mass and force, used mainly in the United
States. ...
d) The Planck mass (mP) is the maximum mass of point particles. ...
e) The solar mass is defined as the mass of the sun.
16)
Kinetic energy
a) If the mass has units of kilograms and the velocity of meters per second, the
kinetic energy has units of kilograms-meters squared per second squared.
Kinetic energy is usually measured in units of Joules (J); one Joule is equal to 1
kg m2 / s2.
17)
Power
a) The SI unit of power is the watt (W), which is equal to one joule per second.
Other units of power include ergs per second (erg/s), horsepower (hp), metric
horsepower (Pferdestrke (PS) or cheval vapeur, CV), and foot-pounds per
minute.
18)
Frequency

a) For counts per unit of time, the SI unit for frequency is hertz (Hz), named
after the German physicist Heinrich Hertz; 1 Hz means that an event repeats
once per second. A previous name for this unit was cycles per second (cps).
19)
Period
a) Well, it is time, so can be any time unit, such as seconds, hours, days. Take
your pick.
20)
Normal force
a) the standard unit for force is the Newton. Therefore, the units for both the
normal force and static friction would be the newton, because static friction is
also a force. In fact, to prove it, i found a source that tells you the units are
newtons for friction.
21)
Terminal speed
a) SI units of "kg/s
22)
Potential energy
a) units of kilograms-meters squared per second squared. Kinetic energy is
usually measured in units of Joules (J); one Joule is equal to 1 kg m2 / s2.
23)
Angular momentum
a) The direction of the angular-momentum vector is that of the axis of rotation
of the given object and is designated as positive in the direction that a righthand screw would advance if turned similarly. Appropriate MKS or SI units for
angular momentum are kilogram metres squared per second (kg-m 2/sec).
24)
Time
a) Seconds, minuets. Hours,ect
III)symbols
1. 's' is the symbol for displacement
2. Centripetal Acceleration =
3. cd, cx or cw= drag force
4. Impulse= J or I

or

5. Mechanical energy ( )
6. torque is typically , the Greek letter tau
7. /v=velocity
8. Force= F
9. Weight=
,or W
10.Momentum=p
11.The SI unit of work is the joule (J)
12.ve= escape velocity
13.acceleration=a
14.net force=F
15.mass=m
16.Kinetic Energy=K
17.Power=P
18.Frequency=v
19.Period=T
20.Normal force=

21.Terminal velocity= vt
22.Potential energy=U
23.Angular motion=L
24.Time=t