FORCES AND MOTION MOTION IN OUR LIVES Recall the follow ing terms: Kinematics: the study of Uniform motion: movement at a in a Non-uniform motion: movement that involves in or or both, also called motion Scalar quantity: quantity that has ( ), but not Vector quantity: quantity that has both and Base unit: unit from which other units are derived or made up (e
) Derived unit: unit that is stated in terms of the base units (e
) Instantaneous speed: speed at a particular Average speed: total of travel divided by total of travel
The original metre was defined by the “assumed to be ” distance from the equator to the geographic North Pole
A distance was measured by surveyors, then extrapolated to the distance from the to the
This distance was divided by 107 to obtain the length of