Units and Significant Figures
Convert quantities from one set of units to another and use a reasonable number of significant digits when expressing answers.
Motion of a Particle
Interpret and draw motion diagrams including "blinking light' diagrams, x(t), v(t), a(t), and y(x) plots. Understand what time derivatives mean and how to estimate time derivatives from the information in these diagrams. Compute a particle's classical translational motion in one or two dimensions, including circular motion, both in Cartesian coordinates and in polar coordinates.
Newton's Second Law
Use Newton's Second Law to calculate the motion of objects, both in translation and rotation, and also those in simple harmonic motion, as well as the forces and torques acting on systems in equilibrium. Also use Newton's inverse-square law of gravity to calculate how objects move.
Energy and Momentum
Use the ideas of energy, work, power, linear momentum, impulse, and angular momentum to arrive at conclusions about the motion of a system, including systems in which collisions occur.
Scientific Process
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic scientific principles that undergird the scientific process, including the strengths and weaknesses of this process.
