The rate of change of velocity is called:

The correct answer is Acceleration.

Key Points

• Acceleration
• Velocity is the speed at which the motion travels.
• Average speed is the distance traveled per unit of time.
• It has both magnitude and direction.
• This is why it is called a vector quantity.
• Velocity is the speed of distance traveled or distance traveled per unit of time.
• Although velocity and speed seem to be the same, speed has only magnitude.
• Speed says nothing about the direction of the moving particle.
• This is why it is called a scalar quantity.
• The rate of change of velocity is called acceleration.

Additional Information

• Momentum:
  • Momentum is a derived quantity, calculated by multiplying mass, m (a scalar quantity), by velocity, v (a vector quantity).
  • This means that momentum has a direction and that direction is always the same as the speed of motion of an object.
•  Speed:
  • Speed ​​is a measurable quantity that measures the ratio of the distance traveled by an object to the time it takes for the object to travel that distance.
• Force:
  • Aristotle described a force as anything that causes an object to undergo "unnatural motion".
  • Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first scientists to study gravity and force. Any kind of force just pushes or pulls.