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What is velocity?
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Speed in a given direction.
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What is displacement?
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Distance in a certain direction.
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What are vectors?
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Physical quantities that are directional. Vectors have magnitudes (size) and directions.
Examples include acceleration, force, momentum, weight, and gravitational field strength. |
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What are scalars?
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Physical quantities that are not directional.
Examples include speed, distance, time, mass, energy, and power. |
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How do we measure acceleration?
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Use a motion sensor linked to a computer to record how the velocity of an object changes.
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