the description of motion

• What does x(t) mean?
  
• Which graph shows a body at rest?
  
• Which graph shows a body moving with constant velocity?
  
• When is this body at rest?
  
• Match the motion to the graph of x vs. t.
  
• Definition of speed.
  
• The meaning of velocity.
  
• Speed versus velocity.
  
• Velocity from acceleration?
  

fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics

• Statement of Newton's second law?
  
• A question involving initial conditions.
  
• Find force, given x(t)?
  
• Definition of inertial frame.
  

body acted on by constant force

• Motion of a ballerina.
  
• Spring force = constant?
  

body acted on by resistive force proportional to velocity

• When does the body finally come to rest?
  
• How far does the body travel before coming to rest?
  
• When is velocity reduced by half?
  
• When is half the distance covered?
  
• What is the relation between velocity and distance?
  

body acted on by constant force and resistive force

• Constant force in which direction?
  
• Which body has velocity equal to terminal velocity?
  
• Direction of approach to terminal velocity?
  
• Which body is dropped from rest with air resistance?
  
• How long to reach half of terminal velocity?
  

questions involving dimensional analysis

• When only resistance is present, how far does a body travel before coming to rest?
  
• When only resistance is present, when is velocity reduced by half?
  
• When only resistance is present, when is half the distance covered?
  

the harmonic oscillator

• What is a "simple harmonic oscillator"?
  

energy

• What is meant by "conservation of energy?
  
• Under what conditions is energy conserved?
  
• Is energy always defined?
  
• When is energy conserved?
  
  

gravitation

• Which falls faster, a feather or a rock?
  
• Feather and rock revisited.