Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which of the following measures the speed and the direction that an object travels

  1. Speed

  2. Force

  3. Velocity

  4. Momentum
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Velocity is a vector quantity that measures both speed (magnitude) and direction of motion. Speed is a scalar measuring only magnitude (how fast). Force causes acceleration, momentum is mass times velocity, and neither measures both speed and direction simultaneously like velocity does.

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