QUARTER 1 TOPICS

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2:

• the scientific method
• the metric system
• scientific notation
• unit conversion
• lab accuracy and precision
• significant digits
• graphing data

• motion descriptions by particle diagrams
• relationship of velocity and acceleration
• vector addition: graphically and algebraically
• vector resolution
• vector addition

• position-time graphs and interpreting them
• velocity-time graphs and interpreting them
• MOTION EQUATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!

• relationship between motion and acceleration
• free body diagrams in friction problems
• Newton’s laws of motion
• Friction
• Periodic motion

• forces in two dimensions
• projectile motion: objects thrown or shot into the air
• circular motion

• planetary motion
• universal gravitation: between two objects and an objects and planets