Unit 1 – Laboratory
• Know all 7 SI units
• Know all metric prefixes, their symbols, and their values for tera through pico
• Know the SI units for Newtons, Joules, and Watts
• Be able to convert metric units (𝑒𝑥: 𝑐𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑚)
𝑘𝑚 𝑚
• Be able to convert metric rates (𝑒𝑥: 𝑡𝑜 )
ℎ 𝑠
• Define derived unit
Units 2 and 3 – 1D Kinematics and Acceleration
• Compare and contrast distance and displacement
• Identify quantities as scalar or vector
• Calculate parallel distance and displacement
• Calculate circular distance and displacement
• Know why a reference point/frame is important
• Compare and contrast average and instantaneous speed
• Calculate speed, distance, or time using the average speed formula
• Compare and contrast average and instantaneous velocity
• Calculate velocity, displacement, or time using the average velocity formula
• Know the implications of constant velocity
• Calculate acceleration using the average acceleration formula
• Determine direction of acceleration, direction of velocity, speeding up, or slowing down given other information about the
object’s motion
• Calculate instantaneous velocity given initial velocity, acceleration, and time
• Know the value of gravity and that it always acts downward, even when the object is going up
• Identify position, distance, displacement, positive velocity, negative velocity, and no motion on a position vs time graph
• Identify instantaneous velocity, positive velocity, negative velocity, positive acceleration, negative acceleration, speeding
up, and slowing down on a velocity vs time graph
Unit 4 – Forces
• Define and identify gravitational force, normal force, tension force, applied force, and friction force
• Determine contact and non-contact forces
• Know that normal force is equal to gravitational force (weight) when the y-direction is in equilibrium
• Calculate net force given multiple forces in the same direction (x-direction or y-direction)
• Draw a free-body diagram given information about an object
• Know what causes friction
• Know the direction friction acts in
• Know the difference between acceleration due to gravity and force due to gravity
• Know that force due to gravity and weight are the same thing
• Know that mass and weight are NOT the same thing
• Calculate force due to gravity, mass, or acceleration due to gravity using the force due to gravity (weight) formula
Unit 5 – Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Define mass
• Define inertia
• Know the relationship between mass and inertia
• Compare inertia of different objects
• State Newton’s 1st law of motion
• Know the other name for Newton’s 1st law of motion
• Know that inertia is qualitative (no measurements or units)
• Compare and contrast static and dynamic equilibrium
• State Newton’s 2nd law of motion
• Calculate net force, mass, or acceleration using the Newton’s 2nd law of motion formula
• Use the definition of net force and the formula (Newton’s second law) to solve complex problems
• State Newton’s 3rd law of motion
• Know the conditions for action-reaction pairs
• Identify the action-reaction pairs in a situation
Unit 6 – Energy
• Define work
• Know the relationship between energy and work
• Know the conditions for work to be done
• Know that the force needed to lift an object is equal to the object’s weight
• Calculate work, force, mass, or distance using the work formula
• Define power
• Calculate power, work, or time using the power formula
• Know how to increase power output
• Know how to decrease power output
• Define gravitational potential energy (GPE)
• Calculate GPE, mass, acceleration due to gravity, or height using the GPE formula
• Compare the GPE of different objects
• Define kinetic energy (KE)
• Calculate kinetic energy, mass, or velocity using the KE formula
• Compare the KE of different objects
• Know that changing velocity is more impactful on KE than a similar change in mass because velocity is squared
• Define mechanical energy (ME)
• Calculate ME, PE, or KE using the ME formula
• Calculate ME given a mass, height, and velocity
• State the Law of Conservation of Energy
• Know how conservation of energy applies to a closed system
• Use the ME formula and conservation of energy to solve for unknown values in a closed system
