#AP Physics C: Mechanics - Kinematics Study Guide 🚀

Hey there! Let's get you prepped for the AP Physics C: Mechanics exam with a super-focused review of Kinematics. This guide is designed to be your go-to resource the night before the test. Let's make sure you're not just ready, but confident!

#🎯 Overview: What is Kinematics?

Kinematics is all about describing motion – how objects move without worrying about why they move (that's dynamics, for another day!). We're talking position, velocity, and acceleration. Get these concepts down, and you're golden for a big chunk of the exam! Let's dive in!

#Key Vocabulary 🔑

• **** Kinematics: The study of motion, focusing on how things move, not why.

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* **Velocity:** Rate of change of displacement; a **vector**. Speed with direction. * **Acceleration:** Rate of change of velocity; a **vector**. How quickly velocity changes. * **Speed:** Rate at which an object travels over a distance. It is a **scalar** quantity (magnitude only). * **Scalar Quantity:** Magnitude only (e.g., speed, mass, distance). * **Vector Quantity:** Magnitude and direction (e.g., velocity, force, displacement). * **Position:** Location of an object relative to a reference point. * **Time:** Dimension in which events occur; measured in seconds. * **Distance:** Total length traveled; a **scalar**. * **Displacement-time graph:** Shows how displacement changes with time. * **Velocity-time graph:** Shows how velocity changes with time. * **Acceleration-time graph:** Shows how acceleration changes with time. * **Uniform motion:** Constant velocity (zero acceleration). * **Uniformly accelerated motion:** Constant acceleration.

#🏃 1.1 Kinematics: Motion in One Dimension

One-dimensional kinematics is all about ...