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Yes. The velocity changes when the direction of motion changes, because the

definition of 'velocity' is 'speed and the direction'. If either speed or direction

changes, then we say the velocity has changed.

Notice that if the direction changes, then the velocity changes even if the speed

doesn't. "Velocity" is not just a bigger word that you use for 'speed' when you

want to sound smart. They mean different things.

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when a body changes its direction its velocity is changed though its speed may remain constant coz velocity is a vector quantity and speed is scalar.Being a vector quantity its value depends on direction and changes if the direction is changed though the speed remain constant.For example: when a body is in circular motion its velocity changes at every point as its direction is changes at every point.

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When does the speed of an object change?

An object's speed changes whenever the rate of change between the distance the object travels and the time it takes to travel that distance changes. Do not confuse speed with velocity; speed is scalar, and velocity is vector. Velocity can change when speed remains constant.


Does the speed of an object change?

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Is it true or false that acceleration can only occur when the speed of an object changes?

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Velocity is the change of speed andor direction of an object?

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What is a change in an object's motion called?

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How are speed and changes in an object's position related?

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When an object's speed changes does it's velocity also change?

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Velocity can change if the speed and direction of the object changes and can change if the object remains blank fill in the blank?

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Is the rate at which an object changes velocity?

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Velocity is the change of speed and/or direction of an object?

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