Velocity Speed And Acceleration Lab Report

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The terms velocity, speed, and acceleration are all very important concepts in physics. They all mean separate things and they have their own conceptual ideas, however they are also very similar. Velocity, speed, and acceleration are all rates of time, but two of them are vectors and one is a scalar, they are all physics concepts, but only one can be positive. Velocity, speed, and acceleration are all separate terms, so what did they mean? Velocity; the measurement of a rate of motion (speed) of an object in a certain direction, it changes when speed and direction changes. To find the average velocity you use the equation; Vav=Δx/Δt, and to find the final velocity you use the equation vf = vi + at. Speed is the rate at which an object can move, and to find the average speed of an object you use the equation Sav=distance/time. Acceleration is the rate of velocity changing with time, it also changes when the speed and direction of an object changes. To find the average acceleration of an object you use the equation Aav=Δv/Δt. …show more content…

First, they all are rates of motion which means that they all are measurable concepts that describe the real world. Also they all use some form of m/s, acceleration uses m/s2, and velocity and speed us m/s. An example of the terms used in a problem is; a bat is flying at a speed of 4 m/s but accelerates to 7 m/s when it sees a bug, what is the final velocity of the bat? use the equation Vf= Vi+at. Likewise they all have differences too. Speed is the only one of the terms that can be positive because velocity and acceleration can have directions that are positive or negative, or in velocity's case it can go in a north, south, east, and west direction. Secondly, human bodies can only feel acceleration and not velocity and speed. Finally, velocity, speed, and acceleration are all found using different equations or ways. Contrasting

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