Motion in One Dimension

The Topic Includes

  • Motion diagram
  • Kinematics
  • Motion in An Inclined Plane
  • Practice Exams

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the difference between vector and scalar
    • displacement VS distance, velocity VS speed
    • Instantaneous speed and instantaneous velocity
  • Know motions diagram, and know how to extract information from different diagrams
    • Velocity VS Time
    • Acceleration VS time
  • Understand kinematics equation and be able to solve problems
  • Understand free fall motion and their motion diagram
  • Calculus motion problems

Details About Each Subtopic

  • Vector and Scalar
    • displacement VS Distance
    • Velocity VS Speed
    • Average Velocity VS Average Speed
  • Motion Digram
    • Velocity VS Time
    • Acceleration VS Time
    • Displacement from the graph of velocity VS time
    • Acceleration from the graph of velocity VS time
    • First and second derivatives
  • Kinematics Equation
    • Formulas to calculate displacement, acceleration, velocity
    • Problem solving
  • Motion in An Inclined Plane

Lecture For Motion in 1D

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Kinematics Formulas

Symbols Defined

Symbols Defined For IB (suvat)

  • IB uses different letters to express some  of the quantities. Just be aware that though the symbols are different, the quantities themselves are still the same thing.

    • u = initial velocity

    • v=final velocity

    • a = acceleration

    • s = displacement

 https://www.onlinemathlearning.com/kinematics-suvat.html