Question

1. which of the following statements about speed and velocity is correct? only velocity includes the direction an object is traveling. velocity only describes an object’s rate of motion. speed and velocity both describe how an object is speeding up. speed describes how an object is changing its velocity.

Explanation:

• Speed is a scalar (magnitude of motion, no direction).
• Velocity is a vector (magnitude + direction of motion).
• The purple option is wrong (velocity has direction, not just rate).
• The orange option is wrong (they describe rate of motion, not speeding up).
• The teal option is wrong (acceleration describes velocity change, not speed).

Answer:

Only velocity includes the direction an object is traveling.