"The man's acceleration is zero."
"The man's motion is uniform."
"The man's velocity is constant."
If an object moves in the same direction and at a constant speed for 4 hours, then the distance it travels will be equal to speed multiplied by time. The object's velocity will remain constant, and its displacement will be in the same direction as its motion.
Not necessarily.Speed is a scalar measurement that only measures magnitude.Velocity, on the other hand, is a vector measurement and adds the important distinction of a direction.A car rounding a curve may be going the same speed, but its velocity is constantly changing throughout the curve because its direction keeps changing.
Constant velocity means that the object's speed is constant, and it moves in a straight line, i.e. the direction of its motion is also constant. When an object moves in a manner consistent with this description, probability dictates that sooner or later, it bumps into something.
a car traveling the speed limit
This is not always the case. But if an object moves in a circle, at constant speed, its velocity will change. Velocity is a vector - consisting of the magnitude (the speed), and a direction. So by definition, if the direction changes, the velocity changes - you have a different vector.
If an object moves in the same direction and at a constant speed for 4 hours, then the distance it travels will be equal to speed multiplied by time. The object's velocity will remain constant, and its displacement will be in the same direction as its motion.
Not necessarily.Speed is a scalar measurement that only measures magnitude.Velocity, on the other hand, is a vector measurement and adds the important distinction of a direction.A car rounding a curve may be going the same speed, but its velocity is constantly changing throughout the curve because its direction keeps changing.
Not necessarily. Constant velocity also means no change in direction.
Constant velocity means that the object's speed is constant, and it moves in a straight line, i.e. the direction of its motion is also constant. When an object moves in a manner consistent with this description, probability dictates that sooner or later, it bumps into something.
a car traveling the speed limit
During constant acceleration, either the object's speed changes at a constant rate, or the direction of its motion changes at a constant rate, or both.
. . . velocity, because one of the components of velocityis the direction of the speed.
This is not always the case. But if an object moves in a circle, at constant speed, its velocity will change. Velocity is a vector - consisting of the magnitude (the speed), and a direction. So by definition, if the direction changes, the velocity changes - you have a different vector.
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Even if an object's speed is constant, acceleration can still occur if the direction of the object's motion changes. For example, when an object moves in a circle at a constant speed, it is undergoing acceleration towards the center of the circle due to the change in its direction of motion.
Centrepetal force-orbits E.G. Earth orbits the sun at a constant speed but also changes its direction, thus its velocity. This means that the almost constant change in velocity causes there to be a constant acceleration because of the change on direction.
That is possible, for example, if an object moves around in a circle. In this case, the velocity changes all the time; the speed does not.
A car moves at a constant speed when the acceleration is zero. This means that neither the speed nor the direction of the car is changing. Once all external forces are balanced and there is no net force acting on the car, it will continue to move at a constant speed.