Kinematics

Physical Quantities

- Scalars - Has only magnitude (length, mass, time, speed, distance, etc.)

- Vector - Has both magnitude and direction (velocity, displacement, acceleration, etc.)

- Distance
Length covered by a moving object is called distance. It is a scalar quantity - SI Unit: Meter

-Displacement
Shortest distance between two points is called displacement. It is a Vector quantity - SI Unit: Meter

Difference between speed and velocity:

Speed velocity
Distance covered per unit time is called speed or Distance covered per unit time in a
specific direction is called velocity or

Rate of change of distance Rate of change of displacement

- Scalar quantity - vector quantity

- SI Unit: Meter per second - SI Unit: Meter per second