True or false: describing motion

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A car turning at constant speed is accelerating.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Negative acceleration always means slowing down.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A speedometer shows direction as well as speed.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A scalar quantity can still take a negative value.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Average velocity describes the whole journey in detail.

Instructions

Tap True or False for each statement.

Explanation