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Motion
is the
movement
of an object
Distance is the total length traveled by an object as it moves along its
path.
Displacement
is the change in position from one point to
another.
Displacement is the shortest distance between two points on the path of
motion
of an object.
Velocity is
speed
with direction, measured in
meters per second
(m/s) or kilometers per hour (km/h).
Acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes over time, measured in
meters per second squared
(m/s2).
The SI unit for acceleration is
m/s^2
The SI unit for speed is
meters per second
(
m/s
).
An example of
speed
is when a car travels 60 mph, meaning that it covers 1 mile every
5
minutes.
Average Velocity =
Total Distance
/
Number of Intervals
Instantaneous Velocity =
Average Velocity
x
Time Interval
Speed is how fast something travels, while
velocity
includes both
speed
and direction.
Speed is the
magnitude
of
velocity
, while velocity has both magnitude and direction.
Instantaneous Velocity is the average velocity calculated over a very
small
interval of time.
Distance =
Speed
x
Time
Speed can be calculated by
dividing
the total distance traveled by the elapsed
time.
Average Speed
is the total
displacement
divided by the total elapsed time.
Time
=
Distance
/ Speed
Rectilinear: Contained by consisting of, or moving in a
straight line
or
lines
Curvilinear
: Contained by or consisting of a curved line or
lines
Angular
: having
angles
or sharp angles