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PHY 101 General Physics I (Mechanics)

100 levelSciences12 topics

PHY 101 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Units, dimensions, scalars and vectors
  2. Kinematics: displacement, velocity and acceleration
  3. Newton's laws of motion and inertial frames
  4. Conservation of linear momentum
  5. Work, energy and power
  6. Conservative forces and potential energy
  7. Systems of particles and centre of mass
  8. Rotational motion, torque and angular momentum
  9. Circular motion and moments of inertia
  10. Simple harmonic motion
  11. Gravitation: Newton's law of gravitation and Kepler's laws
  12. Escape velocity and satellite motion

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Units, dimensions, scalars and vectors

This topic covers how physical quantities are measured and described: units and dimensions tell us what a quantity means, while scalars and vectors tell us how it behaves mathematically. It matters in mechanics because correct units prevent numerical errors, dimensional analysis helps check equations, and clear distinction between scalars and vectors is essential for solving motion and force problems.

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