Question

How are speed and velocity different?

Question 9 options:

Speed is constant and velocity can change.

Speed is a vector and velocity is a scalar.


Velocity tells you how fast and gives a direction. Speed only tells how fast.


Speed tells you how fast and gives a direction. Velocity only tells how fast.

Answer 1

Velocity tells you how fast and gives a direction. Speed only tells how fast.

Answer 2

Basically velocity is a vector quantity and is specified in m/s (meters/second). Speed is the distance traveled by an object where as, velocity is distance traveled by an object per unit time in a particular direction. Speed is a scalar quantity where as velocity is a vector quantity