Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension Objectives

• What is displacement and how does it help me describe the world around me?
  
  
• What is the difference between average speed and average velocity? I thought they were the same.
  
  
• Speed and velocity can both change. How do I find instantaneous speed and instantaneous velocity?
  
  
• What is acceleration and how is it calculated?
  
  
• If acceleration is constant how can I describe motion?
  
  
• The mystery of problem solving—how do I do it?
  
  
• Up and down, the rise and fall of bodies—how do I master this motion?
  
  
• How can graphs help me understand this chapter?

NOTE:

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