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When riding in a car we can sense changes in speed or direction through the forces the car applies on us. Do we wear seat belts in cars and airplanes to protect us from speed or from acceleration?
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What is the rate at which speed or direction changes?
Acceleration
What 2 ways causes an object's velocity to change?
If an object's speed changes, or it heads off in a new direction, its velocity has changed. Because of friction and gravity 1. acceleration 2. deceleration 3. change of direction
3 ways to accelerate?
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).
What is the decrease in speed?
When speed changes, the rate a which you are going (ex: 22 miles per hour) changes. Direction changes when the direction(ex: north, south, east, west) changes. Any change in speed or direction of motion is known as 'acceleration'.
Rate of change of the velocity of an object?
The change in velocity is just the change in velocity. The RATE of change of velocity - how quickly velocity changes - is usually called "acceleration".
Why at a constant speed if an object changes its direction it is considered to be acceleration?
Acceleration is a direction plus a speed. If either changes then the acceleration changes.
What are acceleration and velocity?
'Velocity' means the rate at which position changes, and the direction in which it changes. 'Acceleration' means the rate at which velocity changes, and the direction in which it changes.
What changes if someones speed or direction changes?
The acceleration changes if speed or direction changes
What is the rate at which speed or direction changes?
Acceleration
What is the deffinition of acceleration?
The rate at which speed changes, and the direction in which it changes.
What is acceleration since it has magnitude and direction?
Acceleration is a vector quantity because it has both magnitude and direction.
Acceleration occurs when an object?
Changes direction.
Is an object going in circles at a constant speed an accelerated motion?
Yes. Acceleration is the change in velocity, and velocity is a vector, which means it has direction. Because an object undergoing uniform circular motion is changing direction, it is changing velocity, and thus, accelerating.
Why is changing direction a type of accleration?
There are two parts to acceleration: direction and speed. When either of these aspects are changed, then acceleration changes.
What changes speed and direction?
Velocity is defined as a vector quantity representing both speed and direction. Acceleration is defined as the rate at which velocity changes. The acceleration of an object changes when it is acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Compare and contrast speed and acceleration?
-- "Speed" is the rate at which distance changes. -- "Velocity" is speed along with the direction of motion. -- "Acceleration" is the rate at which velocity changes, including the direction of the change.
Direction of an object's velocity changes uniformly frome east to north What is the direction of acceleration?
North-west. More specifically, as the object's velocity direction changes uniformly from east to north, the acceleration and force producing this acceleration are both constant and changing direction uniformly from north to west.
