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motion

vr.tr.motion · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain motion by kinematics, dynamics, frames of reference and everyday examples, and separate other senses of motion.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain motion by kinematics, dynamics, frames of reference and everyday examples, and separate other senses of motion.

The change in position of an object with respect to a frame of reference over time, described in physics by displacement, velocity, acceleration and time, and explained by forces through the laws of motion.

What it is for: Describing and predicting how things move.

It can be describe motion with position, velocity and acceleration; apply Newton laws of motion; explain relative motion and frames; separate legal, meeting and other senses.

Distinguishing features

Relative to a frame of reference

Described by kinematics

Caused by forces

Relativity changes description at high speed

What it looks like

Moving objects, graphs of position and velocity over time.

How it is recognised

Displacement-time and velocity-time graphs

Linear, circular and oscillating motion

A motion in a meeting is a proposal

Related models

is a kind of - category

physical process

is described by - field

kinematics

is explained by - theory

Newton laws of motion

includes - related concept

trajectory

In practice

Families and kinds

linear motion

circular and rotational motion

oscillatory motion

projectile motion

random and Brownian motion

Standards and regulation

SI units for length, time and velocity

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing speed and velocity

Ignoring the frame of reference

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.motion-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Kinematics Describing motion.

Quantities describe motion.

Quantities

Velocity and acceleration.

Quantities

Kinematic quantities.

  1. What are the displacement, velocity and acceleration here? measurement
  2. Which are vectors? definition

Graphs

Motion graphs.

Graphs

Motion graphs.

  1. What does this position-time or velocity-time graph show? definition
  2. How is acceleration read from it? measurement
Dynamics Forces.

Forces cause changes.

Newton

Laws of motion.

Newton

Laws of motion.

  1. Which of Newton laws explains this situation? definition
  2. What net force acts? measurement

Momentum

Conservation.

Momentum

Momentum.

  1. How is momentum conserved in this collision? measurement
  2. Is energy also conserved? boundary
Frames Relativity.

Motion is relative.

Relative

Frames of reference.

Relative

Relative motion.

  1. Relative to which frame of reference is the motion described? definition
  2. How does it look from another frame? measurement

Relativity

High speeds.

Relativity

Relativity.

  1. Is the speed high enough for relativistic effects to matter? boundary
  2. Which formulas apply? definition
Senses Disambiguation.

Motion has other senses.

Procedure

Meetings and courts.

Procedure

Procedural sense.

  1. Is a motion in a meeting or a court application meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Other

Other meanings.

Other

Other senses.

  1. Is motion sickness, a motion picture or a bowel movement meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should kinds of motion be separate entries?
  • How should relativistic motion be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?