Acceleration means any change in either speed or direction of motion.
If speed remains constant, there may still be acceleration present if the
direction of the motion is changing.
If the rate at which speed and/or direction are changing remains constant,
then the acceleration is constant
An object changing its velocity by 10 m/s in each consecutive second is known as
constant acceleration since the velocity is changing by a constant amount each second. Although an object with a constant acceleration should not be confused with an object with a constant velocity.
"Acceleration" means a change of speed or direction of motion, or both.
If you change direction ... like turning a corner ... then there is acceleration,
even though your speed is constant.
Anything traveling on a circular track, even at a constant speed, has constant
acceleration.
Not normally, but there is a case where it can happen. Imagine a cannonball fired horizontally from the top of a mountain. It accelerates toward earth at a constant 9.8 m/s^2 while increasing in speed as it falls until it reaches terminal velocity. Now, imagine the canon ball is the space shuttle, and has a rocket on it, and it maintains enough "escape" velocity so that the shuttle continues to experience the force of acceleration toward the earth, but is held at a constant altitude by its propulsion system. This works because the planet is round. If the world were flat, the rocket would of course crash. The short answer is that as long as the object moves at or slightly above escape velocity from a gravitational body, you will be "falling" - accelerating - toward Earth with a constant speed. This only happens in this situation, where escape velocity and a large gravity well are involved. At all other speeds, once you've stopped accelerating, your speed will remain constant.
If you're travelling at a constant speed then you don't go any faster or slower.
Acceleration, however, is change in velocity, and velocity is speed in a given direction. You can travel at a constant speed but be changing direction, (such as making a turn), and thus be accelerating.
Yes. "Acceleration" does NOT mean 'speeding up'.
Acceleration is ANY change in speed or direction of motion So, for example,
a point on the tire of a car cruising down the street is constantly accelerating,
because the direction of its motion is constantly changing. Another example
is a TV satellite in a circular orbit. It's constantly accelerating, for the same
reason.
Any object that's NOT moving at a constant speed and in a straight line is
accelerating.
A change in the vector or direction that you are traveling is considered an acceleration; even if you don't change speed. This would be the case for going around in a merry-go-round, e.g. You are accelerating (changing direction), but the speed is constant (velocity is changing).
Yes. You can travel in a circle at constant speed, but you would still be accelerating because your direction would be changing constantly.
Three objects that can cause an object to accelerate is, increasing speed, decreasing speed, & changing direction.-Ms. Stroes/Chibudu's Science Class! :)
I would say a magnetic field. When an electron enters a magnetic field that is oriented perpendicular to its path of travel it causes the electron to loop in a circle. While the speed stays the same the velocity is constantly changing due to the circular motion. Hence same speed but undergoing an acceleration.
To change the acceleration of a car: speed up, slow down or turn. Acceleration is any change in velocity. Velocity is "how fast" and in "what direction". To speed up is to accelerate (increase the velocity). To slow down is to deaccelerate (decrease the velocity) To turn is also a form of acceleration (changes the direction of the velocity).
The object remains in constant, uniform motion. That means its speed and direction of motion don't change. Note that its speed may or may not be zero.
None. Assuming they are falling with the same conditions, they accelerate equally. But the 200 gram object has the greatest terminal velocity therefore reaching a higher velocity before resting at a constant speed.
One way to not accelerate an object is by trying to reduce its speed. In physics, a change in speed or in direction is called acceleration. One way not to accelerate an object is to change its name.
No. As long as it stays in the same material, its speed is constant.
Yes it does, because acceleration is a unit of speed and direction.
Assuming you keep applying a constant force, it will accelerate indefinitely up to the speed of light
about the same speed as freeway traffic
Definitely. Acceleration means a change of speed or direction.It does not mean "speeding up".
Accelerate is already a verb. For example, "to accelerate something" is an action and therefore a verb. Another verb would be speed. "To speed something up".
accelerate means to increase speed.
Speed, velocity.
an object can accelerate both up and down
an object can accelerate both up and down
in terms of speed and direction , in what ways can an object accelerate