Question

A meteor moving 468 km per minute traveling in a south-to-north direction passed near Earth in 2013. Does this statement describe the meteor’s speed or velocity?
explain why

Answer 1

Answer:

this statement describes meteor's velocity,

because velocity is a vector quantity which has both magnitude as well as a specific direction and here the meteor's direction is specified in the statement hence we conclude that this statement describes meteor's velocity as well as speed too.