REVIEWER IN GENERAL PHYSICS

METRIC CONVERSION OF UNITS 1hr = 60mins

1hr = 3,600s
 Length 1min = 60s
1cm = 10mm
1in = 2.54cm SCALAR & VECTOR
1ft = 0.305m
 Scalar
1ft = 12in
- Quantities that are fully described by
1yrd = 3ft
magnitude/numerical value alone
1m = 1000cm
 Motion
1m = 3.281ft
- Movement of any object
1km = 1000m
1km = 0.62137119mi EXAMPLE: 80km/hr
1mi = 5,280ft
1mi = 1.61km
TYPES OF SCALAR
 Weight
1mg = 0.001g  Distance
1g = 0.001kg - Total length; 80km
1g = 0.035oz  Speed
1oz = 28.3g - Scalar quantity that represents distance
1oz = 0.0625lbs traveled by an object in given unit of time;
1lb = 16oz 80km/hr
1lb = 0.45kg  Mass
1kg = 1000g - Measure in the amount of matter in an object
1kg = 35.27oz  Vector
1kg = 2.2lbs - Quantities that can be fully described by
1metric ton = 1000kg both magnitude and direction; 80km/hr to
the east
 Area
1cm2 = 100mm2
TYPES OF VECTOR QUANTITY
1dm2 = 100cm2
1m2 = 10,000cm2  Displacement
1km2 = 1,000,000m2 - Represents the straight line between the
1km2 = 1ha (hectáreas) starting and end point
 Velocity
 Volume - Represents rate of change in displacement;
1cm3 = 1000mm3 60km/hr 350 to the east
1dm3 = 1000cm3  Force
1m3 = 1,000,000cm3 - Has both magnitude and direction; 50N
1m3 = 1,000dm3 (newton) pulls the body upward
1km3 = 1,000,000,000m3

 Liquid Volume ACCURACY AND PRECISION

1cL = 10mL
 MAJORITY WINS!!
1dL = 10cL
1L = 1000mL
 Accuracy
1L = 10dL
- How close the value is to its true value
1kL = 1000L
 Precision
- How repeatable a measurement is
 Temperature
1C = 273.15K
1C = 33.8K TYPES OF ACCURACY AND PRECISSION
1K = -457.87F
1F = -17.22C  Accurate but not Precise
1F = 255.93K  Not Accurate but Precise
 Accurate and Precise
 Not Accurate and Not Precise
 Time
RANDOM ERROR VS. SYSTEMATIC ERROR  Deceleration
- Opposite of acceleration
 Measurement Error
- Occurs when acceleration has an opposite
- Occurs when measured value differs from
direction as the object’s velocity
the true value of quantity being measured
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FORMULAS:
2 MAIN TYPES OF MEASUREMENT ERROR

 Random Error
- Occurs due to chance
- Slightly different result when measuring the
same item multiple times
 Systematic Error
- Same kind of mistake every time it measures
something
KINEMATICS

 Kinematics
- Branch of classical mechanics
- Describes motion of points, objects and
system of groups of objects without
reference to the cause of motion

STUDY OF KINEMATICS

 Geometry of Motion
- Objects are in motion all around us
 Motion
- Changes its position with reference to a DOT PRODUCT FORMULA:
fixed reference point called origin
 Distance
- Actual path travelled by an object from its
initial position to final position
 Displacement
- Shortest straight-line path between initial
and final position
 Relative Motion
- 2 objects are moving in a plane (either same
or opposite direction) each has relative
motion with respect to the second
 Motion along a straight line
- Object moves in straight line with respect to
the observer
- Motion is then called a straight-line motion

SPEED AND VELOCITY

 Speed
- How fast something moves
 Velocity
- Speed with direction

ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION

 Acceleration
- Rate of change of velocity