PHYSICS REVIEWER

SCALARS and VECTORS Dot Product – is a scalar

quantity obtained by
projecting vectors.
Scalar – quantity defined only
Cross Product – rotation of
by its magnitude.
vectors.
Magnitude quantity – refers
to its absolute value.
Vector multiplied to Vector
Vector - quantity defined only
= Scalar.
by its magnitude and
direction. Vector x another vector =
UNDEFINED.
Direction – is a route on
which something or someone Vector x Scalar = VECTOR
is heading to and conveniently Scalar x Scalar = SCALAR
measured if expressed in
angles- either in DEGREES or Vector + Vector = VECTOR
RADIANS.
Arbitrary Vectors – named
by a letter or symbol with
arrow overhead.
Unit Vectors – any letter or
symbol with inverted v “^” NOTE: Every arbitrary vector
has a unit vector.

Sum of Vectors – sum of

arbitrary vectors obtains by
connecting head to tail
connection.

MOTION – the act of
changing position in space
and time.
Point – set of ordered pair of
elements (x and y).
Position – set of ordered
triple of elements (x, y and t).
Subscript – necessary in
order to identify the
belongingness of elements to
a position, knowing that the x-
y plane has infinite number of
positions.
RECTILINEAR MOTION –
motion along straight line (x-
axis or y-axis).
PROJECTILE MOTION – a
free-fall in two dimensions.
Parabolic motion.
PROJECTILE – The object in
parabolic motion.
Trajectory – path of its
motion.
CIRCULAR MOTION – a
motion in a circular path.
Revolution - 360 degrees.
Period - seconds per 1 rev.
Frequency - revolution per
sec.
Circumference – area at the
edge of circle (2π r). Where r
is radius.
Position r – a line or vector
originating from the center of
the circle pointing outwards.
Centripetal Acceleration –
opposite of Position r.
Hence, (-r).
RELATIVE MOTION – A
motion between two frames
(one is at rest/inertial and the
other is at motion).
CONVERSIONS:
 To convert km/h to m/s,
DIVIDE the given km/h
 value to 3.6. Then, put
m/s as your unit.
 60 mins = 3600 s.

To find the magnitude, use

COSINE LAW for NOT right
triangle (formed by the head-
to-tail connection = resultant
vector).
The answer from COSINE
LAW will be used for SINE
LAW.