Understanding Movement, Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

Understanding Movement, Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
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Movement is when an object changes position, and can happen in 1, 2 or 3 dimensions. Speed is the distance traveled divided by time taken, and is a scalar quantity.

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Slide1MovementMovement Aim: How can we distinguish between speed, velocity and acceleration?

Slide2What is  movement? What  is  movement?  Movement occurs when an object moves from one location to a different location.  Movement can happen in 1, 2 or 3 dimensions  As we learned yesterday, we can measure either the distance or the displacement of the movement.

Slide3SpeedSpeed  When movement occurs it takes  time  If we want to know how fast an object is moving we divide the distance traveled by the time it takes.  We call this  speed  Speed does not have a direction because distance doesn’t have a direction.  Is it a scalar or a vector?

Slide4Speed (example) Speed  (example) A car drives 300 meters west, then 400 meters south in 20 minutes. What is the distance covered? What is the average speed of the car?

Slide5VelocityVelocity  Velocity is a vector quantity (magnitude and direction)  Velocity is the rate at which an object changes its position.  If we divide the change in position, or displacement, by time, we get the average velocity.  Velocity is measured in meters per second (m/s)

Slide6Velocity (example) Velocity  (example) A car drives 300 meters west, then 400 meters south in 20 minutes. What is the car’s displacement? What is the average velocity of the car?

Slide7AccelerationAcceleration  Velocity is the rate of change of position.  Acceleration  is the rate of change of velocity.  Remember, velocity includes both a magnitude AND a direction.  Changing the magnitude (how fast or slow you are moving) OR the direction requires an acceleration

Slide8Acceleration (continued) Acceleration  (continued)  Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, so…  Acceleration is measured in meters per second per second (m/s/s or m/s 2 )  In other words, 1 m/s 2  means that each second velocity changes by 1 m/s.