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Q: How is the direction of motion specified by number describing position?
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What is needed when describing motion?

object,place,force,direction,speed and acceleration


What is a compass a useful tool for describing motion?

I'm gonna have to say no. A compass is used to determine direction.


This is an object's change in motion per unit time in a specified direction?

The phrase "change in motion" is rather slippery.The size of the change in the object's position, per unit time, in a specifieddirection, is the component of its velocity in that direction.The size of the change in the object's velocity, per unit time, in a specifieddirection, is the component of its acceleration in that direction.


How is speed acceleration and velocity connected to motion?

Velocity is the derivate of position with respect to time (i.e., the rate of change of position). Velocity is a vector (the direction is relevant). If only the number is specified, not the direction, the word "speed" is used instead. Acceleration is the derivative of velocity with respect to time; or the second derivate of position with respect to time (i.e., the rate of change of velocity).


What term is defined as change in an objects position over time without including direction?

Motion is the change in an object's position without including direction.


When somthing move does it always change in position and direction?

When something is moving or in motion, it can be changing position and direction. However, the object does not have to be doing both at the same time.


Do objects in motion always change position and may change direction?

Objects in motion continuously change position.To change direction, a force needs to act upon them.


What measures an object's change in position per unit time and its direction of motion.?

Velocity


The rate at which an object changes position is called what?

A change in position in a certain amount of time is called motion.


How does velocity relate to motion?

The velocity of an object, in a given direction, is a vector which measures the change in position, in that direction, per unit of time.


Which of these units do scientists use to measure the properties of motion?

It depends. Common units are metres per second in a specified direction, or kilometres per hour in a given direction. But it may be millimetres per year in a certain direction when studying plate tectonics.


Which characteristic of motion could change without changing the velocity?

Well, we know that velocity describes the speed and direction of motion, so you can't change either of those. We don't usually think of 'position' as a characteristic of motion, but if we try hard to please you, then we might observe that the position changes while velocity remains constant.