PES 111  Fall 2007   Test 1 Review

last updated on:     Monday, September 24, 2007 7:50 PM

Conceptual / Equations:

Speed Conversions, Scientific Notation

Definiton of a second: radiation of cessium-133 atom (1 freq. oscillation) 1 sec. = 9,192,631,770 oscillations.

SI Units, Length, Force, Mass, NET Force

Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, Average Acceleration, Velocity, Instantanous Velocity, Relative Velocity, Average Velocity, Displacement

Inertial Reference Frames, Circular Motion, Centripetal Direction & Acceleration, Uniform Circular Motion, Period

Trajectory, Vector Quantities, Scalar Quantities, Mechanics, Kinematics, Dynamics

Newton's 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Laws

Contact Forces, Solids, Frictional Force, Springs, Static Equilibrium, Strings, Constraints

4 Fundamental Forces

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Problems / Examples / HW

Displacement, Velocity, & Speed

Acceleration

Motion w/Constant Acceleration

example like: Landing a Jet Liner...

example like: Airport Runway Design...

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3-1 The Displacement Vector

example like: Driving to City 160 Km (35 degrees north of east)...

3-3 Position, Velocity, & Acceleration

example like: Flying an airplane

3-4 Projectile Motion

example like: Submarine Launch type example

example like: Highway Gash

example like: Motorcycle Impact...

3-5 Uniform Circular Motion (UCM)

example like: Satellite's Motion

example like: Space Shuttle Orbit

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Force due to gravity: Weight

Surface Gravity (acceleration g)

example like: Force to accelerate & or stop a moving object

Universal Gravitational Constant "G"

Mass of Earth, Radius of Earth, Mars Attacks...