distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration

Cards (11)

  • Distance is the total length travelled by an object
  • Speed is how fast something moves
  • Velocity is speed with direction
  • The formula to calculate average speed is distance/time taken
  • Acceleration is change in velocity over time
  • Motion is described as the change in position of an object in a given period of time with respect to a given reference point.
  • Average velocity =displacement / time
  • distance = speed x time
  • time= distance / speed
  • speed = distance / time
  • Velocity tells how fast or how slow a motion is moving. It is measured in meters per second (m/s)