Speed and Velocity

Vector quantities have both magnitude (size) and 

• length

• direction

• time

Which of these is a vector quantity?

• 2 km East

• 6 meters

• 14 miles

The difference between speed and velocity is that 

• velocity includes a direction

• speed includes a direction

• neither include a direction

Why is the train a vector quantity?

• the directions is included - it is going backwards

• the direction is included - it is going east

• the speed is included it is going 55m/s

60 mph West

• it is a scalar

• it is a vector

60 mph

• it is a scalar

• it is a vector

60 mph

• it is speed

• it is velocity

60 mph south

• It is speed

• It is velocity

Which of the below is displacement?

• 50 meters

• 50 meters south west

Displacement is a 

• vector

• scalar