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This document defines and explains key physics concepts related to motion, forces, energy, and materials. It defines scalar and vector quantities, describes distance and displacement, speed and velocity, acceleration, inertia, momentum, Newton's laws of motion, impulse, work, energy, power, elasticity, Hooke's law, and concepts like gravitational fields, weight, collisions, and conservation principles. Key relationships are expressed through equations relating factors like force, mass, acceleration, work, energy, momentum, displacement, time, and spring constants.

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Physics

This document defines and explains key physics concepts related to motion, forces, energy, and materials. It defines scalar and vector quantities, describes distance and displacement, speed and velocity, acceleration, inertia, momentum, Newton's laws of motion, impulse, work, energy, power, elasticity, Hooke's law, and concepts like gravitational fields, weight, collisions, and conservation principles. Key relationships are expressed through equations relating factors like force, mass, acceleration, work, energy, momentum, displacement, time, and spring constants.

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Distace - Total length of the path travelled (Scalar Quantity) (Unit:Metre)

Displacement - Distace travelled from initial position to final position (Vector Quantity) (Unit:Metre)
Speed - Rate of change of distance (Scalar Quantity) (Unit:Meter per second)
Velocity - Rate of change of displacement (Vector Quantity) (Unit:Meter per second)
Acceleration / Deceleration - Rate of change of velocity (Vector Quantity) (Unit:Meter per second
square)

Inertia - If net force acting on a body is zero, it stay at rest if the body is at rest and keep on moving at
a constant speed In straight line if the body is moving (Mass ↑, Inertia ↑)
Conservation of momentum - When two or more bodies act on each other, their total momentum
remains constant, provided that no external force acting on them
Explosion - One object becomes two or more
Elastic Collision - Both momentum and total kinetic energy are conserved)
Inelastic Collision - Total kinetic energy are not conserved

Newton Second Law Of Motion - Rate of change of momentum of object is directly propotional to the
applied force and take place in the direction of the force acts (Vector Quantity) (Unit:Newton)
Impulse - Change in momentum
Impulsive Force (Unit:Newtow) (Impulsive force is inversely propotionl to the impact time)
Gravitational field - Region that an object experience force due to the gravitational attraction towards
the centre of the earth (g=10 m s-2 / 10 N kg-1 )
Weight - Force of gravity acting on the object (Vector Quantity) (Unit:Newton per kilogram)

Work - Product of applied force and distance move in direction of force (Unit:Joule) (Work done when
energy converted from one to another) (No work done when no energy converted)
Energy - Ability to done work (Unit:Joule)
Conservation of Energy (Cannot be created or destroyed) (Can converted from one to another) (Total
1 2
mv  mgh
amount of energy in a closed system remains constant) ( 2 )
Power - Rate at which work is done (Scalar Quantity) (Unit:Watt)

Elasticity - Property of matter that enables object return to original size and shape when force that are
acting on it are removed
Hooke’s Law - Extension of a spring is directly propotional to the applied force provided the elastic
limit is not exceeded (k=spring constant / stiffness) (Unit k:Newton per meter / Newton per
centimeter)

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