Yep, and this guy, he's just a little bit important. But only a little right? NO! Newton's the man! And not just any man, the man of Unit 1.
Our intro Unit started out with this nifty dude and his first law, the Law of Inertia. This law states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by a force.
But hey Newton, what the heck is a force?
WELL:
A force is a push or a pull that acts on an object.And while we're at it, why not add in some of the Unit's other important definitions
Net Force: all forces acting on an object added together (we measure force in Newtons!)
Equilibrium: when an object is at rest or moving at a constant velocity, when all forces acting upon an object are equal and opposite.
But wait! There's even MORE physics to learn in Unit 1, time to learn about MOTION!
Definition time!
Speed: the distance an object will cover in relation to time
SPEED=DISTANCE/TIME
Instantaneous vs. Average Speed: Instantaneous speed is the speed an object is going at a given moment (like the speed you see on the speedometer of your car). Average Speed is the total distance covered divided by the amount of time traveled.
Acceleration: Now this is where it gets fancy... Acceleration is the rate of change in Velocity.
Vfinal - Vinitial/TIME (or the change in Velocity over time)
How Fast/How Far
HOW FAST something is moving (constant acceleration) : V=AT
HOW FAR something has gone (again constant acceleration): D=(1/2)AT^2.
And that, my friends, is Unit 1.
I love all the onomotopoeias you use and the way you wrote it is super quirky and easy to remember! We both went ham on the definitions I think. Yours is definitely more creative than mine but I like it! I wouldn't change anything because I think the way you did it is perfect to help YOU remember this stuff easiest for the test
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