KINEMATICS-THE STUDY OF MOVEMENT

SCALAR VECTOR Units

QUANTITIES QUANTITIES
(Just have magnitude/size) (Have both magnitude and direction)

DISPLACEMENT
DISTANCE Distance travelled in a particular metres
direction
VELOCITY
SPEED Speed measured in a particular metres per second
direction
ACCELERATION
ACCELERATION Acceleration in a particular metres per second
direction squared

300 dis place me nt( m)

Gra die nt o f a s - t g ra ph
250 g ive s ve lo c ity.

DISPLACEMENT–TIME GRAPH
He re ve lo c ity is - 9 m s e c ^-2
200

(s-t)
150

100

50
time (s e c )

Gradient is velocity – 50
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

i.e. rate of change of displacement – 100

– 150

– 200
ra t in a s e we r
– 250

– 300

VELOCITY-TIME GRAPH (v-t)

300 velocity( m/s) S UPERMAN IN A TUNNEL
250
200
150
Gradient is acceleration 100 Acce le ration he re
50 = 100/25 = 4 ms ^-2
i.e. rate of change of velocity time(s ec)
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
–50
–100
–150
Area under the curve is the –200 THIS AREA EQUALS THE DIS TANCE TRAVELLED
BETWEEN t = 275 AND t =440 (approx)
total distance travelled –250
–300