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A7.1 - Speed and Velocity

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Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

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Velocity differs from speed because velocity includes

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The SI unit of speed is

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Distance is best described as the

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Which quantity is a vector?

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Average speed is calculated using

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A ticker timer is used to measure

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A car travels 300 m in 15 s. What is its average speed?

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Which situation shows zero displacement but non-zero distance?

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The distance between successive dots on ticker tape increases. This indicates that

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Instantaneous speed is best estimated using

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A cyclist travels 2 km east in 200 s. What is the velocity?

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Two velocities of 6 m/s and 4 m/s act in the same direction. The resultant velocity is

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Which instrument measures instantaneous speed in vehicles?

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A boat crosses a river while the water flows downstream. The boat’s actual path is found using

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A runner completes one lap of a circular track. The average velocity is zero because

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Two velocities of 8 m/s east and 3 m/s west act on an object. The resultant velocity is

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Why is velocity considered more informative than speed?

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A ticker timer makes 50 dots per second. The time between two dots is

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A student travels 40 m north then 30 m east in 10 s. Which method is used to find velocity?

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An object moves at constant speed in a circular path. Its velocity is

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Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

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