2006-09-08 02:48:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Yes. Since velocity is basically just speed in a specific direction, you could have an object traveling at a constant speed that simply changed direction.
2006-09-08 02:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by Zorki 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Because speed is a scalar quantity while velocity is a vector quantity, it shows the directions and the magnitude of an object. It was happened when the constant speed at the same time a varying velocity when the direction was change but in manner of constant speed.
2006-09-15 18:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because speed is a scalar and velocity is a vector. Scalars have only magnitude whereas velocities have magnitude and direction. If you are driving at a constant speed and you go around a corner, you are accelerating and you feel a force pulling in the opposite direction you are turning. This force is due to a changing velocity (acceleration) by a changing direction, while the speed remains constant.
2006-09-08 09:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely you can! An object in orbit is a perfect example of this! Speed and velocity are NOT the same things! Speed is (just) a measure of how fast an object is traveling. Velocity measures not just how FAST it is going, but in which DIRECTION it happens to be going! Velocity is actually a "vector" in that it has both magnitude (speed) and direction. 30 mph is speed - in any direction. 30 mph going due east is a velocity-!! So - an object in orbit is going at the same speed, but its direction around the Earth (or the Sun for that matter) is constantly changing!
2006-09-08 02:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Velocity is speed and direction.
Imagine you're driving at a constant speed. Unless you're on a perfectly straight highway, your direction will be changing, and that means your velocity will be changing as well.
2006-09-08 04:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by btsmith_y 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
specific. velocity is a vector quantity, velocity identity no longer. So velocity is composed of direction to boot as velocity. as an occasion, positioned a lump of poster putty on one blade of the ceiling fan above your mattress. Lay lower back, loosen up, save your eyes open and turn the fan on. The fan will rotate a a relentless form of revolutions in line with minute. The lump of poster putty will pass at a relentless velocity, it is it is going to cover a relentless form of inches in line with 2d. the cost of the lump would be continuously changing because of the fact it is direction of shuttle is continuously changing whether it is velocity continues to be consistent. reward your self with a jiffy of shuteye.
2016-12-12 04:46:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, speed is only the rate of movement of the object
it is a scalar
but
velocity is the rate of displacement (minimum distance traveled)it is vector
for example - a pendulum moving from one extreme position to the other & coming back to original position has speed but NO velocity
becoz
velocity= displacement divided by time
and in this case displacement is zero (as object reaches original position & this is minimum distance)
2006-09-08 03:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by 2009 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. For instance, if you change direction, that is a change in velocity, even if your speed is constant.
2006-09-09 02:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by Barret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a very tough question...
humm...
i think it is a yes.
for example, you have a rocket travelling 100m/s
it goes up at a angle towards the right and then turn more to the right.
the velocity remain constant for the first part,
but it increase as the rocket turn more to the right.
Note that the speed of the rocket is always 100m/s
2006-09-08 03:00:47 · answer #9 · answered by Another Stranger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, speed and velocity are the same thing.
2006-09-08 02:53:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋