what is the difference between an objects speed and an objects volacity?

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Answer 1

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Object Speed AND Object Velocity:

SPEED is a: Scalar Quantity, which refers to "how fast an object is moving." A fast-moving object has a high speed while a slow-moving object has a low speed. An object with no movement at all has a zero speed.

VELOCITY is a: Vector Quantity, which refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position. As such, velocity is "direction-aware." When evaluating the velocity of an object, one must keep track of direction. It would not be enough to say that an object has a velocity of 55 mi/hr. One must include direction information in order to fully describe the velocity of the object. For instance, you must describe an object's velocity as being 55 mi/hr, east.

This is one of the essential differences between speed and velocity. Speed is a scalar and does not keep track of direction; velocity is a vector and is direction-aware.
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Answer 2

Speed and Velocity
As distance is to displacement, so speed is to velocity: the crucial difference between the two is that speed is a scalar and velocity is a vector quantity. In everyday conversation, we usually say speed when we talk about how fast something is moving. However, in physics, it is often important to determine the direction of this motion, so you’ll find velocity come up in physics problems far more frequently than speed.
A common example of speed is the number given by the speedometer in a car. A speedometer tells us the car’s speed, not its velocity, because it gives only a number and not a direction. Speed is a measure of the distance an object travels in a given length of time: Average speed=Distance travelled dived by time taken.

Velocity is a vector quantity defined as rate of change of the displacement vector over time:
average velocity = change in displacement divided by time taken

Answer 3

Speed and velocity are two closely related terms in physics which tell how fast an object is traveling. They are both measured by dividing the distance traveled by the time it took to go that far. The units are miles per hour, meters per second, feet per second, or any measure that is distance per unit time. The difference between speed and velocity is that speed is just a number which indicates how fast something is going. Velocity is that same number, but also tells in what direction the object is going. In physics we call speed a "scalar" quantity and velocity a "vector" quantity. One which has direction.

Answer 4

Its 'velocity'. Velocity is a vector quantity while speed is a scalar quantities. If you have not read about vectors and scalars, then you will learn in higher classes. I have given just a small explanation.
Vector quantities are defined by their 'magnitude' and 'direction' while the scalar quantities are defined by only magnitude. In case of velocity and speed, speed is the magnitude part of velocity.
Suppose a car is moving with a speed of 50 km/hour towards north direction. Here 50 is the 'magnitude' while 'towards north' is the direction. So, speed of the car = 50 km/hour
velocity of the car = 50 km/hour towards north(mark the difference; speed is a part of velocity)

You will learn in more details in higher classes

Hope I have clarified your doubts.

Answer 5

practically it means the same. But technically speaking Velocity is the rate of motion (eg. km/hr ) but usually what speed is considered as the average velocity to travel a distance (distance/time)

Answer 6

Speed and Velocity are synonymous

Answer 7

Speed exprressed in kmph has no direction implied in it whereas velocity is speed with direction implied in it. Without direction in speed, there is no velocity. Hence it is two dimensional.
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Answer 8

in layman's terms, they mean the same.
to a scientist, they are slightly different.
speed is how fast something is moving over a specific amount of time.
velocity is how fast something is moving over a specific amount of time in a SPECIFIC DIRECTION. (vector).

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