Kinematics is defined as the study of motion:
AWithout considering its causes
BTogether with all its causes
COnly for falling objects
DOnly along curved paths
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Without considering its causes
1. Physics separates describing motion from explaining it.
2. The formal study of physics begins with kinematics.
3. Kinematics is defined as the study of motion without considering its causes.
4. The causes, that is forces, arrive later with Newton's laws.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP(R) Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Kinematics', sections 2.1-2.8_
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