[PHYSICS 6A] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (90 pages long!)

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How and why things occur the way they do. Started by people making observations, taking measurements and asking questions. Forces: make things move and hold things together. Physics can be used to predict the future. Analogy or mental image of how a particular phenomenon works. Detailed, quantitative description that can be tested. Concise, general statement of how nature works. Can be modified or rejected if exceptions are found. Depends on measuring device and process of taking measurements. Number of reliably known digits in a numerical value. Useful when dealing with very small or very large numbers. Mechanics is the study of the motion of objects, typically divided into two parts: Kinematics: mathematical description of how objects move. Dynamics: motion of objects as influenced by forces. Why objects move and how they move. Describing the position of an object or the motion of an object in space requires defining a reference frame and specifying its location.

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