1. Name ________________________________
Ch2 Reading Guide
1. Any quantity divided by time is a _____________.
2. What is linear motion?
3. Motion is ___________________!
4. Speed is defined as a measure of _____________ ______________ something is
moving.
5. List 3 possible units for speed and circle the one that we will primarily use:
6. Write the formula for average speed?
7.What type of speed does the speedometer in your car show?
8.What is a difference between speed and velocity?
9. What could change veolocity without changing speed?
10.Define acceleration:
11. What is a possible unit for acceleration?
12. What is the one thing that free falling objects are affected by?
13. What is the approximate acceleration due to gravity?
14. What is the acceleration of an object that is thrown up into the air?
15. What type of graph is shown in Figure 2.9 ( p 23). What type of linearity is
this?
16. In reality, different objects fall at different rates. These differences are
due to _____ __________________.