Flashcards in Exam 1 Part 1 Deck (43)
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What is the study of forces and their effects?
Mechanics
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What is the study of relationships between the force system acting on the body and the changes it produces in body motion?
Kinetics
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What is the branch of mechanics that deals with the geometry of the motion of objects?
Kinematics
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T/F: Kinematics includes things like displacement, acceleration, and velocity.
True
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What study uses principles of mechanics for solving problems related to structure and function of biologic and physiologic systems?
biomechanics
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T/F: Scalars consist of magnitude and direction.
False; vectors have both, scalars are magnitude only
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What are some examples of scalars?
temp, distance, speed, mass
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Examples of Vectors?
displacement, velocity, acceleration, momentum, and force
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What is the scalar quantity distance?
how much ground an object has covered during its motion
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What vector quantity is a measure of overall change of position or "how far out of place an object is"?
Displacement
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T/F: Velocity is ignorant of direction.
False; velocity is direction aware (displacement/time)
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What scalar quantity is ignorant of direction and is equal to distance/time?
Speed
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What term is defined as the change in velocity/time?
Acceleration
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T/F: Acceleration is a vector quantity.
True
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T/F: Mass is a scalar quantity.
True
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What vector quantity is equal to mass x acceleration and can be described as the quantity of motion an object possesses?
Momentum
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What unit is force measured in?
Newtons
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T/F: 10 Newtons= 1 Kilogram = 2.2 pounds
True
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What is the formula for Force?
Force=Mass x Acceleration
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Which of Newton's Laws of Motion is aka the law of inertia?
First law
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Which of Newton's laws states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion....?
1st
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Which of Newton's laws is aka the law of force and acceleration?
2nd
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Which of Newton's laws is aka the Law of action and reaction?
3rd
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What is the force that resists the sliding of two objects in contact?
friction
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T/F: Static friction exists when two surfaces are not sliding relative to one another but do possess the potential for movement.
True
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What has a higher coefficient of (static) friction, Rubber on concrete or synovial joints?
Rubber on concrete. Higher coefficient means more friction which means less movement.
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What is aka dynamic friction?
Kinetic Friction
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What kind of forces elongate or pull things apart?
Tensile forces
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What kind of forces compact an object?
Compressive forces
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What is the term for the magnitude of applied force acting over a given area? What is it measured in?
Pressure (P=F/A);
pascals
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What is performed when an object is displaced by the application of a force? What is it measured in?
Work;
Joules
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What is the amount of mechanical work performed in a given interval and is measured in watts?
Power (Work/Time)
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What is the term for the motion of one object with respect to a reference object?
Relative motion
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What are the 4 categories of movement?
Discrete, Continuous, Repeated discrete, and Serial
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What is the term for the path of motion around a fixed axis and therefore in a circular path?
Angular motion
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What is the perpendicular distance from an axis of rotation to a line along which a force acts?
Lever arm aka force arm or moment arm
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What is torque?
product of force and lever arm
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What does a lever system consist of?
a rigid or semi-rigid object (lever) that is capable of rotating about an axis (fulcrum)
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What type of lever system has the fulcrum in the middle?
Type 1
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What type of lever system has the fulcrum on one end of the lever and the effort on the opposite end?
Type 2
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What type of lever system has the fulcrum on one end of the lever and the resistance or load on the opposite end?
Type 3
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What is the point that represents the average location of a system's mass?
Center of mass
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