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Acceleration is any change in velocity. Velocity is the measurement of both speed and direction.

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How fast you are vhanging speed ir direction of travel is a property of motion known as?

The rate at which an object changes its speed or direction of travel is known as acceleration. This property of motion is measured in units of distance per time squared, such as meters per second squared (m/s^2).


What is speed of motion?

The average speed of motion is when speed is changing. Speed equals total distance divided by total travel time. Velocity is the speed and direction of an object's motion.


In which direction do ocean waves travel in an up and down motion?

Ocean waves travel in an up and down motion in a vertical direction.


What is an example of acceleration in direction of motion?

An example of acceleration in the direction of motion is when a car speeds up while driving on a highway. As the driver presses on the accelerator pedal, the car's velocity increases in the same direction as its motion, resulting in acceleration in the direction of travel.


When an object experience centripetal acceleration in which direction does it accelerates?

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If something has a change in motion it has what?

For any object to change its motion, it must be accelerated and experiences acceleration. Note that a change in motion is a change in velocity. The object either speeds up, slows down or changes direction, and one of those or some combination is a velocity change. Only acceleration will change velocity. We need to offer the reminder that velocity is speed with a direction vector attached to it. An object can travel at a constant speed and be changing direction. This is a change in velocity because of the change of direction. And a change in velocity is, as stated, initiated by acceleration.


It's an object moves at a constant speed and is excelling it's what travel must be changing?

If an object is moving at a constant speed but is accelerating, then its direction of travel must be changing. This means that even though the object is moving at a consistent rate, its velocity is changing because acceleration is a vector quantity that involves both speed and direction.


When a cart is changing direction is it acceleration?

Consider a graph paper with Axis X and Y. Cart travel in X direction but suddenly, the cart change direction and so it must reduce velocity on X and increase velocity on Y. Net velocity might be the same but small acceleration and deceleration is apply in 2 dimension motion.


How does the energy of a shear wave relates to the direction of particle motion?

Shear waves travel perpendicular to the direction of particle motion, which results in the particle motion being parallel to the wave's direction. The energy of a shear wave is mainly associated with the shearing or twisting motion of particles in the medium, as opposed to the compression and expansion seen in longitudinal waves.


Is polarization a property of light waves but not sound waves?

That is correct. Polarization is possible only when the direction of vibration is perpendicular to the direction of the wave travel, such is in light. In sound waves, the direction of vibration (compression) is the same direction as the direction of the travel of the sound wave, and therefore polarization is not possible.


In which type of waves is the motion of the particles perpendicular to the direction that wave is traveling?

Transverse waves have particle motion perpendicular to the direction of wave travel. Examples include light waves, water waves, and seismic S-waves.


How does longitudinal wave travel?

Longitudinal waves are waves that have the same direction of vibration along their direction of travel, which means that the vibration of the medium (particle) is in the same direction or opposite direction as the motion of the wave. Mechanical longitudinal waves have been also referred to as compressional waves or compression waves