Question

Distinguished between:
1. Distance and displacement
2. speed and velocity​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion. Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall change in position.

The short answer is that velocity is the speed with a direction, while speed does not have a direction. Speed is a scalar quantity—it is the magnitude of the velocity. Speed is measured in units of distance divided by time (e.g., miles per hour, feet per second, meters per second, etc.)

Answer 2

1.Distance is defined as the total length of the path travelled from one location to another. The minimum distance between the initial and final positions of a body during that time interval is called displacement. Displacement by an object is the distance travelled by the object in a specific direction.

2.The short answer is that velocity is the speed with a direction, while speed does not have a direction. Speed is a scalar quantity—it is the magnitude of the velocity. Speed is measured in units of distance divided by time (e.g., miles per hour, feet per second, meters per second, etc.).