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Basics of Motion and Quantities

In this unit on motion, students will learn about uniform and accelerated motion. Uniform motion refers to constant velocity with no changes in speed or direction, while uniform acceleration involves changing speed, direction, or both. Motion will be measured relative to a reference point using either scalar quantities that only have magnitude, or vector quantities that also include direction such as position, velocity and acceleration.

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Basics of Motion and Quantities

In this unit on motion, students will learn about uniform and accelerated motion. Uniform motion refers to constant velocity with no changes in speed or direction, while uniform acceleration involves changing speed, direction, or both. Motion will be measured relative to a reference point using either scalar quantities that only have magnitude, or vector quantities that also include direction such as position, velocity and acceleration.

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Definitions:

In this unit we will be looking at Motion. Motion deals with a continuous


change in position of a body relative to a reference point, as measured by a
particular observer in a particular frame of reference. There are two types of
motion: Uniform Motion and Uniform Acceleration.
o Uniform Motion: motion at a constant velocity, with no change in speed
or direction
o Uniform Acceleration: motion with changing speed, or direction, or
both; motion in which the velocity is changing
Two basic kind of quantities you will be studying:
o Scalar: a physical quantity that has a magnitude (size), and unit but
not direction (e.g. distance, time, speed)
o Vector: a physical quantity that has magnitude (size), unit, and
direction. (e.g., position, displacement, velocity, acceleration)
Reference point: the point from which position is measured; usually the origin
or starting point.

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