Exploring Motion: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration

What type of quantity only measures magnitude?

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Scalar

• Vector

What is the term for the change in position of an object from its starting point?

• Speed

• Direction

• Distance

• Displacement

What is the term for the total path length traveled regardless of direction?

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Acceleration

• Distance

Which theorem is used to calculate the distance in a right triangle?

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Bernoulli's Theorem

• Euler's Theorem

• Newton's Law

What does the Pythagorean theorem calculate?

• Distance in a right triangle

• Area of a triangle

• Circumference of a circle

• Volume of a sphere

What does velocity add to speed?

• Acceleration

• Direction

• Time

• Magnitude

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

• Speed is scalar, velocity is vector

• Both are vectors

• Velocity is scalar, speed is vector

• Both are scalars

What is the rate of change of velocity called?

• Speed

• Force

• Acceleration

• Momentum

Which quantity is described as 'meters per second squared'?

• Velocity

• Force

• Speed

• Acceleration

If a car changes direction but maintains speed, what is it experiencing?

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• No acceleration

• Deceleration