Unit 2 Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• compare and contrast distance and displacement;
• define and distinguish between vector and scalar physical quantities;
• explain the relationship between instantaneous and average values for physical quantities;
• compare and contrast speed and velocity;
• solve one-dimensional kinematics problems;
• describe the effects of gravity on an object in motion;
• calculate the position and velocity of an object in free fall; and
• draw and interpret graphs for displacement and velocity as functions of time, and determine velocity and acceleration from them.