Lesson 1 Chapter 1 Flashcards
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What is displacement?
Displacement is the difference between the initial and final position of an object.
What is speed?
Speed is the measure of distance covered over a specified amount of time.
What is the formula for speed?
Speed = Distance / Time
What is the unit of speed?
The unit of speed is meters per second (m/s) or kilometers per hour (km/h).
What is the formula to calculate distance?
D = s x t
Where D is distance, s is speed, and t is time.
What is velocity?
The speed and direction of a moving object.
Velocity is a vector quantity.
What is the unit of velocity?
Meter per second.
This is often abbreviated as m/s.
What is the term used for the change in direction of an object?
Velocity.
The change in direction affects the velocity even if the speed remains constant.
