Question

The main difference between speed and velocity is that velocity includes this:

Answer 1

Answer:

Direction

Explanation:

The question is testing on vector and scalar quantities.

What are vector quantities and scalar quantities?

• Quantities with both magnitude and direction are known as vector quantities while those with only magnitude are known as scalar quantities.

What are the examples of vector and scalar Quantities?

• Vector quantities examples- Velocity, force, displacement, etc

• Scalar quantities examples - Speed, distance, temperature, mass, etc

What would be the difference of speed and velocity then?

• Speed and velocity differ in that velocity has both magnitude and direction (vector quantity) while speed has magnitude only (scalar quantity).

Further Explanation;

• Velocity refers to the  rate of change in displacement of a body in motion
• It is given by, Velocity = Displacement ÷ time
• Speed on the other hand is the rate of change in distance of body.
• It is calculated by, Speed = Distance ÷ time
• Displacement is the distance in a specified direction.
• Velocity and displacement are vector quantity in that they have both magnitude and direction.
• Speed and distance on the other hand lack direction and thus are scalar quantity since they only have magnitude.