http://www.ck12.org Chapter 2. One-Dimensional Motion
CHAPTER
2 One-Dimensional Motion
Chapter Outline
2.1 Locating an Object: Distance and Displacement
2.2 SPEED ANDVELOCITY INONEDIMENSION
2.3 AVERAGESPEED, VELOCITY,ANDINSTANTANEOUSVELOCITY
2.4 UNIFORMACCELERATION
2.5 THEKINEMATICEQUATIONS
2.6 REFERENCES
FIGURE 2.1
One-dimensional motion means moving forwards and/or backwards along a straight line, and is the simplest form
of motion to study. The core of learning this is understandingrates, which is how any quantity changes over time.
Key rates we will study are speed, velocity, and acceleration.