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    The document discusses key concepts in physics including displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration. It defines displacement as the straight-line distance from a starting point accounting for direction. Speed is the distance traveled per unit of time without regard to direction, while velocity includes both magnitude and direction of motion. Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity over time. Free-falling objects near Earth experience a constant acceleration of 10 m/s2 due to gravity. Graphs of acceleration, velocity, and distance over time can provide information about an object's motion.

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    19/11/2014

    Physics Notes
    Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

    Displacement
    • The distance in a straight line in a certain direction from the starting point
    • Eg Lily walked 1km to the North, then 2km to the East followed by 1km to 
    the south.
    • a. what is her total walking distance?
    • b. what is her final displacement?

    • Answers:
    • a. 1 + 2 + 1 = 4km
    • b. 2m due east from starting point

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    Speed and Velocity
    • Scalar: has only magnitude and no direction
    • Speed is distance travelled by a body per unit time
    • Vector: has both magnitude and direction Dis tan ce
    • Velocity is distance travelled per unit time in a stated direction Speed 
    Time

    • Units: ms‐1 or kmh‐1
    total _ dis tan ce
    • Average speed is NOT the constant speed  Average _ speed  total _ time
    • Instantaneous speed: the speed at any instant
    • Use speedometer to find instantaneous speed
    • Can be found by finding the gradient of the tangent to the displacement‐time graph, 
    at that point in time

    Speed measurement using ticker‐
    tape timer

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    Acceleration
    • Defined as the rate of change of velocity with time

    final velocity - initial velocity


    acceleration 
    time taken for the change

    • Units: ms‐2 or kmh‐2
    • If velocity is constant, acceleration= 0
    • If velocity decreasing  negative acceleration/deceleration
    • The gradient of a velocity‐time graph of a moving object gives the acceleration of 
    the object at a given time

    Acceleration of bodies falling near to earth
    • An object falling near to Earth, where the air resistance is negligible, 
    has a velocity‐time graph that is s straight line. It falls with a constant 
    acceleration
    • The only force acting on the object experiencing free fall is the force 
    of gravity
    • Acceleration = 10ms‐2

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    Acceleration‐time graphs

    Decreasing acceleration Decreasing speed Constant speed

    Velocity‐time graphs

    Constant speed Constant speed Zero acceleration

    Increasing acceleration Constant acceleration

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    Distance‐time graph

    Area under velocity‐time graph
    • Area under velocity‐time 
    graph is the distance

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