Linear Motion

Learning Targets

• Explain how you can tell an object is moving.

• Compare and contrast vector quantities and scalar quantities.

• Describe the acceleration of an object in free fall.

• Identify and describe speed, velocity, distance, displacement and time.

• Describe how air resistance affects the motion of a falling object.

• Solve problems involving speed, velocity, distance, displacement and time.

• Create and interpret graphs of 1-dimensional motion, such as distance vs. time and speed vs. time.

Printable Learning Targets

Textbook Pages: 37 - 57

Reading Essentials Pages: 23 - 36