5 Questions
A car moving at a constant 20 kilometres per hour in a circular path has a constant speed, but does not have a constant velocity because its ______ changes
direction
The terms speed and velocity are often colloquially used interchangeably to connote how fast an object is moving, in scientific terms they are ______
different
Velocity is a ______ quantity
vector
To have a constant velocity, an object must have a constant speed in a constant ______
direction
Velocity is measured in the SI system as metres per second (m/s or m⋅s−1), a coherent derived unit whose quantity is measured as
scalar
Test your knowledge of velocity, a fundamental concept in kinematics that describes the motion of objects. Understand how velocity combines speed and direction, and learn about scalar absolute value and the SI unit of measurement.
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