Describing Motion

  • Choose an origin and need to find position relative to that origin initially
  • Need to know position at successive time intervals
  • Need to know direction of movement
  • Need to know how fast it's going
  • Need a coordinate system
  • How far it went
  • Is it speeding up or slowing down
  • Need to know total time and length of time interval
  • Need to define all time intervals and physical quantities
  • Need to include units of distance and time