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?