Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Week 4 Blog, Due Sunday, September 22nd by 11 pm
This week I am introducing the concepts of distance vs. displacement, scalar vs. vector quantities, and speed vs. velocity. Think about these concepts as they are important to your everyday life. Compare and contrast at least one of the concepts mentioned above. If you have questions, please let me know. Remember to post an original comment and comment on someone else's blog entry for full credit. If you have trouble posting, remember you can send me an email or post it on edmodo.com. Happy Blogging!
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Both velocity and speed involve the rapid movement of an object. However, speed is how fast something's traveling while velocity is the rate at which something changes position.
ReplyDeleteI was goingtomput the same thing for velocity -__-
DeleteI understand now.
Deletethis really help me a lot.
Deletewow now i understand it!
DeleteSpeed is how fast/slow an object is moving. Velocity is The speed of something In a given direction? Does that make sense?
ReplyDeleteUmm it sorta makes sense can u explain velocity better please?
DeleteYes :)
DeleteThis helped me understand, thanks
DeleteDistance is how far an object travels and Displacement is the starting point of an object I hope y'all understand this :-)
ReplyDeleteI understand it, somewhat
DeleteYea thanks finally someone that gets my stuff lol
DeleteYes :)
DeleteI understand :D
DeleteCould you explain this?
DeleteI understand!:)
DeleteScalar quantities refer to magnitude and have no directional components. Vector quantities on the other hand refer to both magnitude and directional components
ReplyDeletei understand how to tell the diffrence now,hehe,lol
DeleteThank you for explaining I always had vector and scalar confused.
DeleteSpeed shows how fast an object is moving and the rate at which it covers its distance. Velocity is the rate at which an object changes its postion, showing directions.
ReplyDeleteThis actually helped me understand better.
DeleteDistance refers to how much ground the object has traveled while displacement is more of how far out of place the object is. Displacement is basically the change in position.
ReplyDeleteso displacement is like the area that was covered?
Deletethis really help.
DeleteI understand it better now!
DeleteThis elaborated more, I understand now. Thanks !
DeleteSpeed shows how far an object moves in a given amount of time, while Velocity shows the change in the object's position
ReplyDeleteIn scalar vs. vector, scalar are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (#value) alone. While vetors are quantities that are described by both magnitude and direction. hope it helps
ReplyDeleteDistance is how much you travel in total, displacement is how much you travel in one direction?
ReplyDeleteThanks Titus, this helped me comprehend the meaning of displacement.
DeleteSpeed is how fast an object is moving while distance is how far an object traveled or travelling
ReplyDeleteThanks, this really helped.
DeleteWhat kind if object is traveling though?
DeleteOf*
DeleteA vector quantity is a quantity with direction and magnitude, but with scalar quantity, it only contains magnitude.
ReplyDeleteThis is some true stuff right here.
DeleteDisplacement is how far and object has been displaced, meaning how far it is from where it started and distance is how far an object has traveled regardless of direction.
ReplyDeleteDistance and Displacement are two physical quantities that are dimensionally the same or they have the same units. But displacement is the directed line segment between initial and final position of a moving body. Distance is the total length of path traversed by the moving body irrespective of direction.
ReplyDeleteWhen you only have one (alone) magnitude that would be called Scalar but when you have magnitude and direction that would be Vector. Hope this help.
ReplyDeleteThat's not so hard to remember:) thanks!
DeleteSpeed is a scalar quantity that refers to "how fast an object is moving." Speed can be thought of as the rate at which an object covers distance.
ReplyDeleteVelocity is a vector quantity that refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position."
You have me a little confuse
DeleteDistance is how much space you've covered while displacement is how far the object went. For example if you walk to you're friends house it might be a 1/2 a mile walk after so many turns (distance) but if you calculate the distance from you're house to you're friends house in a map making a straight line without all the turns it will show you the displacement.
ReplyDeleteYour example was great. It really made the whole concept of distance and displacement much easier to comprehend.
DeleteDistance is,"how much ground an object has covered".Displacement is "how far out of place an object is; objects overall change in position".Like for example,a soccer player doesn't end up at the same position as it was at the beginning because they run up and down the soccer field and they don't stay in the same position,they are roaming around for the soccer ball.
ReplyDeleteSpeed = how fast an object is moving
ReplyDeleteFormula : s=distance traveled/time OF travel
Velocity= the rate at which an object changes its position
Formula: V= position/time= displacement/ time :)
This helped me out
DeleteSpeed is how fast an object moves, while Velocity is the rate of which the object changes positions.
ReplyDeleteSpeed is a scalar quantity that refers to how fast an object is moving. Velocity is a vector quantity and it refers to the rate at which an object changes position.
ReplyDeleteScalar is a number and a vector is a number with direction.
ReplyDeleteThis helped me out some
DeleteDistance is how much ground an object has covered and displacement is how far out of place the object actually is.
ReplyDeleteUm,you're right :-)
DeleteTo find total distance you simply add all the given distances; to find total displacement you must take into account the distances that were covered moving closer to the starting point. Um, so yeah.
ReplyDeletethanks this helped! :)
DeleteNicely put citizen
DeleteDistance refers to how much an object is covered during its motion. Displacement on the other hand refers to how for out of place an object is; it is the objects overall change in position.
ReplyDeletea scalar quantity is a one dimensional measurement of a quantity, like weight, while a vector has more than one number associated with it like velocity.
ReplyDeletei get it now!
DeleteI learned something new
DeleteWell when you put it like that it makes total sense!
DeleteThanks AJ. This really helped me man!
DeleteSpeed is how fast or slow an object is moving. Velocity is the rate at which an object changes its position. Velocity is speed with direction.
ReplyDeleteA vector quantity has magnitude and direction
ReplyDeletevectors are things like weight, acceleration, etc.
A scalar quantity has disregard for direction and is concerned with magnitude (how much)
scalar quantities include things like, time (no negative time)
An other example of Both Scalar and Vector Quantities could be the measurement of the medium’s temperature being the scalar quantity. And the measurement of the increase or decrease in the medium’s temperature would be the vector quantity.
DeleteScalars are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude
ReplyDeletealone.
Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.
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DeleteScalars are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude
ReplyDeletealone.
Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.
Vector from despicable me LOL
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ReplyDeleteVectors are quantities described by both a direction and a magnitude. Scalars are quantities described just by a magnitude.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that. Thanks!
DeleteDistance example: How far, in each step, I took to arrive to the restroom and back to my original position.
ReplyDeleteDisplacement example: Where I started and where I ended. The difference between those two points. In my case there would be 0 displacement since I started and ended in the same spot. Ya feel?
cool story bro. It helped a tiny bit.
DeleteAverage speed is the rate of change of distance with time.
ReplyDeleteAverage velocity is the rate of change of displacement with time.
Speed = distance/time
Velocity = displacement/time
Velocity is the rate of change of a position of an object while, speed shows how fast an object moves. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth speed and velocity involve time and distance when calculating. However, when dealing with velocity, it is required to include a direction.
ReplyDeleteDistance is how far two objects are from each other while Displacement is the shortest distance between the starting point and end point.
ReplyDeleteVelocity would refer to the time and displacement (from one point to another with various turns). Speed refers to the distance over time (one point directly to another in a certain amount of time).
ReplyDeleteSpeed is a scalar quantity that refers to how fast an object is moving, whereas on the other hand, velocity is a vector quantity whom which refers to the rate at which an object changes its position.
ReplyDeleteSpeed is how fast in motion an object is
ReplyDeleteVelocity is the rate of the position of an object.
Distance is the total path a object travels and displacement is the change in its overall position
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you
DeleteSpeed is how fast an object travels a distance while velocity is the rate at which an object changes its position.
ReplyDeleteDistance is the total amount the object moved and displacement is the distance from start to end
ReplyDeleteVelocity and speed are similar except velocity deals with direction
ReplyDeletedistance is total distance traveled by an object and dispacement is the shortest distance between two points
ReplyDeleteDistance is the area taken up where as displacement is how far out something is. This subject I still don't really understand very well.
ReplyDeleteDistance is how far something is and displacement is the origin of the object.
ReplyDeleteSpeed is a scalar quantity that refers to how fast an object is moving. While velocity is a vector quantity that refers to the rate at which an object changes its position.
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