Motion
Motion
DISTANCE DISPLACEMENT
• The total length of the path • The shortest distance
covered between initial and between initial and final
final position is known as position is known as
Distance Displacement
• It is a scalar physical • It is a vector physical
quantity quantity
• It can be positive but never • It can be positive, negative
zero or negative or zero
SPEED AND VELOCITY
SPEED VELOCITY
• Speed is defined as the rate of • Velocity can be defined as the
change of position of an object in rate of change of the object’s
any direction. position with respect to a frame
of reference and time.
• Velocity = Displacement/Time
• Speed = Distance/Time
• Vector Physical quantity
• Scalar Physical quantity
• Can be changed by either
• Can be changed by changing
changing magnitude or direction
magnitude only
UNIFORM MOTION
• Example: A ball takes curved path when thrown . Its direction of motion
changes with time. Also, it covers unequal distance in equal intervals of
time.
ACCELERATION
Graphical Representation
Distance-Time
Graph Velocity-Time Graph
DISTANCE-TIME GRAPH