PHYSICS

BIMESTER 1
By Nancy Barbosa
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY pgs. NOS 6 to NOS 8
A process that uses a variety of skills and tools to answer questions or to
test ideas
ASK QUESTIONS
Observations: the result of using one or more of your senses to gather
information and taking note of what occurs. Observations often lead to
questions . An inference is a logical explanation of an observation that is
drawn from prior knowledge or experience.
HIPOTHEZISE AND PREDICT
After making observations and inferences you might develop a
hypothesis a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested
by scientific investigation. Make predictions a prediction is a statement of
what will happen next in a sequence of events.
TEST HIPOTHESIS AND ANALIZE RESULTS
When you test a hypothesis, you often test your predictions. To test your
predictions a hypothesis you could design an experiment. After doing an
experiment or research you need to analyze your results and findings.
DRAW CONCLUSIONS
After analyzing your results you can begin to draw conclusions. A
conclusion is a summary of the information gained from testing a
hypothesis.
COMMUNICATE RESULTS
Sharing the results of a scientific inquiry.
SCIENTIFIC LAW
Rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature. States that an event
WILL occur.
SCIENTIFIC THEORY
An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge
gained from many observations and investigations. An explanation of
WHY or HOW an event occurred.
BOTH ARE BASED ON REPEATED OBSERVATIONS

Technology is the practical use of scientific knowledge especially for

industrial or commercial use
Critical thinking is comparing what you already know with the information
you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it .
POSITION AND MOTION pgs. 9-13
A reference point is the starting point you choose to describe the location
or position of an object
A position is an objects distance and direction from a reference point
The description of an objects position depends on the reference point
When you describe an objects position you compare its location to a
reference direction. The reference direction is the positive + and the
opposite direction is the negative
A REFERENCE POINT, A REFERENCE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE ARE NEEDED
TO DESCRIBE THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT !
Motion is the process of changing position. An object is in motion if its
position changes relative to a reference point
Displacement is the difference between the initial and the final position of
an object
Distance is the length of the path taken
Distance is a measurement of the length between two points. Distance
does not include a direction. Measurements that do not include a
direction are called scalars.
Displacement is the overall change of position of an object. Distance
compares the ending position of an object to the starting point of the
object. Displacement includes a direction. Measurements that include a
direction are called vectors.

SPEED AND VELOCITY pgs. 17-21

SPEED is a measure of the distance an object travels per unit of time

Cover the word you want to find and thats the formula! Speed : distance/time.
Time : distance /speed. Distance :speed x time
The SI unit for speed is meter per second(m/s)
CONSTANT SPEED is the rate of change of position in which the same distance is
raveled each second
INSTANTANEUOS SPEED is speed at a specific instant in time
AVERAGE SPEED is the total distance traveled divided by the total time to travel
that distance ( distance /time)
You can use distance-time graphs to compare the motion of two different
objects
You can use distance-time graphs to calculate the average speed of an object
VELOCITY is the speed and the direction of a moving object . vector

ACCELERATION
ACCELERATION is a measure of the change in velocity during a period time
Like velocity, acceleration has a direction and can be represented by an arrow
Acceleration = vf-vi
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DONT FORGET TO WRITE METERS PER SE SQUARED

A SPEED TIME GRAPH has time on the horizontal axis x

vertical axis y

And speed is on the

An object accelerates if it speeds up , slows down or changes direction

Acceleration in a straight line can be calculated dividing the change in speed
by the change in time
A SPEED -TIME GRAPH shows how an objects speed changes over time .

Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at

which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it
is changing its velocity.

SI prefixes

VECTORS
Graphical method