Fill in the blanks with the proper words from the brackets.
(stationary, zero, changing, constant, displacement, velocity, speed, acceleration, stationary but not zero, increases)
(a) If a body traverses a distance in direct proportion to the time, the speed of the body is ............... .
(b) If a body is moving with a constant velocity its acceleration is .......... .
(c) .............. is a scalar quantity.
(d) ............. is the distance traversed by a body in a particular direction in unit time.

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Solution

(a) If a body traverses a distance in direct proportion to the time, the speed of the body is constant.
(b) If a body is moving with a constant velocity its acceleration is zero.
(c) Speed is a scalar quantity.
(d) Velocity is the distance traversed by a body in a particular direction in unit time.

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(a) If a body moves with uniform velocity, its acceleration is ...............

(b) The slope of a distance-time graph indicates .................of a moving body.

(d) In a speed-time graph, the area enclosed by the speed-time curve and the time axis gives the ..........by the body.

(e) It is possible for something to accelerate but not change its speed if it moves in a ..................

Mark the correct statement(s)
(1) If speed of a body is varying, its velocity must be varying and it must have non-zero acceleration.

(2) If velocity of a body is varying, its speed must be varying.

(3) A body moving with varying velocity may have constant speed.

(4) A body moving with varying speed may have constant velocity, if its direction of motion remains constant.

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