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IB Physics Mechanics Study Guide

This document provides a study guide for an IB Physics 11 unit on mechanics. It lists key concepts students should know, including how to apply kinematics equations, Newton's laws of motion, impulse and momentum, work and energy, collisions, and decomposing vectors. Students are expected to understand these physics principles and be able to use them to solve problems involving displacement, velocity, acceleration, forces, work, energy, momentum, and collisions.

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IB Physics Mechanics Study Guide

This document provides a study guide for an IB Physics 11 unit on mechanics. It lists key concepts students should know, including how to apply kinematics equations, Newton's laws of motion, impulse and momentum, work and energy, collisions, and decomposing vectors. Students are expected to understand these physics principles and be able to use them to solve problems involving displacement, velocity, acceleration, forces, work, energy, momentum, and collisions.

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IB Physics 11

Denny LaBarge The American International School in Egypt

Unit 2 – Mechanics
Study Guide
 Know how to apply the Kinematics equations for situations involving displacement,
velocity, and/or acceleration.

 Know how to draw force vectors in Free-Body Diagrams.

 Know how to apply Newton’s First Law of Motion (ΣF = 0) in problem solving. Also
know the conditions for which Newton’s First Law of Motion applies.

 Know how to apply Newton’s Second Law of Motion (ΣF = ma) in problem solving. Also
know the conditions for which Newton’s Second Law of Motion applies.

 Know that Impulse (Ft) causes a change in momentum (mΔv) and how to use these
relations in problem solving.

 Know the Work/Energy theorem – in other words, know how work can change the
energy of an object or a system. And, know how energy can be used to do work.

 Know that Power can be calculated as the product of force and velocity (P = Fv).

 Know the definition for work and the formula for calculating work.

 Remember that Momentum is a vector and the you need to distinguish between
positive velocity and negative velocity for objects changing directions as a result of
a collision or for multiple objects travelling in opposite directions.

 Know that Work and Energies (Potential and Kinetic) are scalars and, otherwise, do
not have directions.

 Know Newton’s Third Law of Motion and how it applies to collisions and the
Conservation of Momentum.

 Know the condition for applying the Conservation of Momentum.

 Know that the force of friction does work in slowing down an object in motion.

 Know the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions and how to properly
apply the Law of Conservation of Momentum in problem solving for collisions.

 Know how to decompose vectors into x and y components.

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