Today my science teacher asked the question "What's the difference between speed and velocity?" And I was the only to raise my hand. I aced the question, thanks to TMBG.
The correct wording is " an object at rest tends to stay at rest" there are exceptions to this rule, much like there are exceptions to the English language. And recently, the big bang theory was challenged by some of the most famous scientist of our age after creating a black hole in the particle accelerator in switzerland. You can google the results.
I realize you are only 12 and you have only been taught so much, but there is a method to our madness
@MajorJakobs actually, school house rock focuses on all the educational subjects(math, science, language arts, etc.) while they might be giants only focuses on science, and the WRONG type: evolution. and if u wanna argue about if evolution is real or not, then Come at me bro. :)
@MGAPdot1998 Why are so againts evolution. I have read it from a book Cappmbell Reece 7th edition There is too much evidence fro that, ok. Creationism fails evolution wins until prooven wrong :) I came at you waddaya gonna say
@RichtoffenRoach Ok. im 13 and since i have to teach this 2 u is really sad. first of all, to prove a point, u have to at least give a REAL reason to believe what u believe. You cant just give the fact that someone wrote a certain book.and if u do, u have to tell why you believe what's in it. u have to back it up. Ok...do u believe in the Big Bang Theory?
@MGAPdot1998 O do you believe in God? Same shit my friend there is no proof for anything and the truth is I don't know and don't care. And evolution is not a beliefs. Is really sad how narrow are you your comment sincerely is BS
And since you are 13 that's ok I'm 17 and I'm a little confusing. We are too young and we have to study first and know wtf are we talking about before commenting nonsense :) But good job
@MGAPdot1998 Okay first off, With SHR when they taught about US history they kind of jaded over several key facts about what ACTUALLY HAPPENED, they hid the fact that with the revolutionary war the citizens of england actually payed the same, and higher in some cases, taxes, and that there could be no active representation BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OCEAN BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. And then they did this song about spreading across the continent, and missed all the mass murder of natives we committed.
@MGAPdot1998 And then on the topic of science, actually in recent years astronomers have found evidence of the Big Bang, you know how far off light takes extremely long times to reach us? Well apparently a team at NASA, and some university, I can't remember which, observed the image of guess what? The Big Bang. However this means that the matter from the big bang must have traveled far faster than the speed of light, which would screw up space and time as we know it.
@MGAPdot1998 And finally with evolution, there's evidence of fossils and rock patterns in Africa that are also in South America, and the fact that different groups of the same species that live in different areas have adapted to have different traits so that they may survive. Like what Darwin observed at the Galapagos Islands, where different birds of the same species of finch had different types of beaks on almost every island, because the type of fruits and nuts were different. QED.
@MGAPdot1998 And finally I am, myself an agnostic, but I was once a rather religious Jew, and I was and currently am under the belief that if there is a God, he, or she to be fair to women, or it, rather, caused the big bang to happen, and gave us the story of the garden of eden to the Israelites so that their feeble minds could handle it. Honestly if God started explaining Quantum Physics to a bunch of people from that time period, they wouldn't get it.
@MGAPdot1998 So it is my belief that God, if he/she/it exists wills mankind to pursue science and discover more of he/she/it's mysteries of he/she/it's creations, even if it contradicts some texts he/she/it left us. There are actually many people who are starting to look at the bible as less of an accurate historical recording of creation and whatnot, and rather moral guidelines (which unfortunately many "religious people" seem to be overlooking) we should all live by. I have come at you, bro.
@MajorJakobs well yes. many "religious people" do overlook the bible alot. and some dont even pray. that is why (if you believe in god) you can tell if someone is a believer or just says that they are. besides science contradicts itself too. Ok. science basically revolves around the big bang theory and evolution. the big bang theory says that there was this small compressed mass of "energy". then it just exploded into the creation of the universe. but, that has 1 error...
@MajorJakobs this error is that science also supports Isaac Newton's fact that an object at rest stays at rest. Well, if the compressed mass was at rest and not exploding, then it coudnt have just one day "decide to explode". so yea. and cool im jewish too. im hebrew messianic.
@jeliconline It is better to think of it more as "speed is the magnitude of velocity". Because "direction of speed" would literally just be the direction of the speed, such as "West" or "in the positive x-direction". Say you are going 25 mph at a 45 degree angle (or NE). Your speed is 25 mph. Your velocity is 25 mph @ 45 degrees or 5 mph North, and 5 mph in the East (written mathematically as 5i + 5j).
Sorry I got all explain-y on you. I couldn't resist.
When I was a little kid I used to listen to They Might Be Giants' songs for grown ups, and now I'm a grown up and all I do is listen to their kids albums.
Speed is defined as change in DISTANCE over time. Velocity is defined as change in DISPLACEMENT over time. If you're not traveling in a straight line, then your distance is bigger than your displacement, and thus, your speed is higher than your velocity.
@marinpetricevic7 Right on... The differences become clear(er) when you add multiple values together, such as a head wind, or a river current. If you just have speed and no direction your kind of hosed in calculating final position. I think a great example that might help people who think of these as the same is to look at another scalar value - temperature. Temperature doesn't have direction. Density doesn't have a direction.
they forgot to mention that if you ran in a circle a whole number of times (as in you ended up where you started) you would have a velocity of zero, as speed is a ratio of distance (length of path stretched out) to time, but velocity is a ratio of displacement (length of a straight distance between start and endpoint) to time
@ukywildcat7 I think the song and video are awesome. I'm just pointing out that the people who disliked it could've disliked it because of a more detailed understanding of physics, not a lack of understanding. Your jab was both clever and unnecessary
My teacher showed this to our physics class, and the volume wouldn't go any higher, so all my classmates know is that it goes like "Speeeeeed........... velocityyyy............. ACCELERATION!!!!!" =))
I'm in college studying Physics and I've watched this and this is probably best explanation of these concepts that I've come across! YAY SCIENCE!! Happy Science week!! XD
When it says acceleration it isn't thorough enough. It just says, "let's go faster." which leads us to believe that acceleration is just a change in speed, but it is a change of velocity, so if you maintain the same speed but change direction you're accelerating. Anyway, this sums up most of my physics class last year.
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I get that speed is how fast you are moving, and velocity is the direction in which you are going.
But what's the point of the distinction? Surely if you have speed, you must be going in a direction. So shouldn't that mean speed and velocity are just two parts of one thing that cannot be separated. Why would you count speed without a direction? ARGH.
@breakingstuff1 Velocity is your speed in a direction. It's useful for calculating momentum and acceleration and stuff because if something starts moving in the opposite direction, it's expressed as a negative to make things easier. So if you've got something moving at 10m/s north, and it starts accelerating at -1m/s^2, you can safely say that in 11 seconds it will be moving south.
@gb389 No, you'd have velocity, but you'd have to specify a direction, probably relative to the position of your surroundings. A rock falling straight down clearly has velocity, even though it would not move in a cardinal direction. :)
its hard to believe that alt rock can be so educational, but who cares?! its freakin science! nd for that matter, why do little kids think tat north is considered up? make song about this, please!!!
this is a case of arbitrary convention elevated to absolute truth. it's so small minded. speed and velocity is of course exactly the same. that some dude somewhere decided that speed is the scalar form and velocity is the vector form does not make it etched in stone! fuck convention.
@DanFrederiksen -it's only small minded because the song is made to simplify what confuses some people. And besides, the two words are different, otherwise why make a different word for each?? It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Seems like you are trying to say someone created the words and someone else said they are different. The words mean two different things that deal with the same topic. This concept is excepted worldwide.
@myr2260 you mean like warm and hot? or tasty and yummy.
it's not the song's fault although seems there are topics you might want to cover in song before this. it's a convention in some circles of physics/engineering to make that highly artificial and arbitrary distinction. if you look it up in a dictionary they are perfectly synonymous except for in the context of physics. it's an arbitrary distinction. for those of us who think on our own it's frankly offensive to have it imposed. I rebel
Our class' Physics homewok... to watch this video :D
XxRavenxChanxX 3 days ago
our teacher shown us this in physics and we had to learn a bit for homework, best homework ever :D
2009afroman 3 days ago
ew
TeamWorld0418 6 days ago
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who wrote the song i must find them and kill them theyre all gay
starwarsblank6 2 weeks ago
@starwarsblank6 you sick horrible person, you're obviously too stupid to appreciate this. reported for spam
Reg9500 1 week ago
just took my science midterm. SERIOUSLY HELPED.
Musicaljunki 2 weeks ago
haahaa our teacher showed us this in class today and would keep replaying it!!!! stuck in my head!
pupluv424 1 month ago
I wish our teachers showed my class these videos in Physics. A lot more of us would have passed our exams.....
kuraarachan 1 month ago
and im velocity guy dude you ripping mah powers off
roomybanker 2 months ago
he totaly ripped of super speed
physcokitty101 2 months ago
the beginning is so lol
RubyGold1000 2 months ago
Lol... Watched this in Physics and now people will sing this every time the teacher says, "I got speed and velocity" x)
AsianFujiApple 2 months ago
i should be doing homework...you think if i tell my science teacher i was listening to this she will accept it?
Musicaljunki 2 months ago
@Musicaljunki I'm a physics teacher and I would accept it! :)
physteach9 2 weeks ago
@physteach9 then you are a most excellent teacher
Musicaljunki 2 weeks ago
Today my science teacher asked the question "What's the difference between speed and velocity?" And I was the only to raise my hand. I aced the question, thanks to TMBG.
MsMirandaXoxo 2 months ago
Thnx It was really useful .
MissUQ 3 months ago
SCIENCE CLASS FTW
Musicaljunki 3 months ago
HI MS. KAREL
HI jake
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WAKE UP REEECCEE!!
GoRaysLongoria3 3 months ago
btw i hear erection haha
punroxy2012 3 months ago
speed is a druggg
punroxy2012 3 months ago
Sooo... yeah, they're practically the same thing.
The1truesushiboy 3 months ago
speed and erection?
forallpurposesonly 3 months ago
@forallpurposesonly Its Direction. :)
MissUQ 3 months ago
@MissUQ IKR
forallpurposesonly 2 months ago
Byron center anyone??
GoRaysLongoria3 3 months ago
I like playing this while playing Grand Theft Auto.
dccarles 3 months ago
anyone from curtis bay here
TheKanyeInterrupts 3 months ago
Speed< Speed+ Velocity
MLPMusicVideos 3 months ago
it sucks i hate school. kill me god
kwhites42 3 months ago
@kwhites42 Hang yourself
forallpurposesonly 3 months ago
Watched in school.
Miniclipsean 3 months ago
I sang this on a science test and aced it! ;)
crazyhaha3334 4 months ago
SADIE WAZ HERE.
SaDiEPaTTinSoN 4 months ago
i watched this a week ago in my science class!!!!! its so catchy..
cyndicutie 4 months ago
@mgapdot1998
The correct wording is " an object at rest tends to stay at rest" there are exceptions to this rule, much like there are exceptions to the English language. And recently, the big bang theory was challenged by some of the most famous scientist of our age after creating a black hole in the particle accelerator in switzerland. You can google the results.
I realize you are only 12 and you have only been taught so much, but there is a method to our madness
ConorLeichtman 4 months ago
i watched this in SCIENCE CLASS! I love Mrs. Terbecki!!!!
BieberLuv101 4 months ago
fml we watched this in science class... fml why did i search it up -___-
RooAcademy 4 months ago
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TheMrCoolKid91 4 months ago
this is a school house rock wanna be >:(
MGAPdot1998 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 Don't hate.
Peppsi101 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 This is far more helpful and educational than School House Rock!
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MajorJakobs more of the mordern type of school house rock
DuskDawnEvil 4 months ago
@MajorJakobs actually, school house rock focuses on all the educational subjects(math, science, language arts, etc.) while they might be giants only focuses on science, and the WRONG type: evolution. and if u wanna argue about if evolution is real or not, then Come at me bro. :)
MGAPdot1998 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 Why are so againts evolution. I have read it from a book Cappmbell Reece 7th edition There is too much evidence fro that, ok. Creationism fails evolution wins until prooven wrong :) I came at you waddaya gonna say
RichtoffenRoach 4 months ago
@RichtoffenRoach Ok. im 13 and since i have to teach this 2 u is really sad. first of all, to prove a point, u have to at least give a REAL reason to believe what u believe. You cant just give the fact that someone wrote a certain book.and if u do, u have to tell why you believe what's in it. u have to back it up. Ok...do u believe in the Big Bang Theory?
MGAPdot1998 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 O do you believe in God? Same shit my friend there is no proof for anything and the truth is I don't know and don't care. And evolution is not a beliefs. Is really sad how narrow are you your comment sincerely is BS
RichtoffenRoach 4 months ago
And since you are 13 that's ok I'm 17 and I'm a little confusing. We are too young and we have to study first and know wtf are we talking about before commenting nonsense :) But good job
RichtoffenRoach 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 Okay first off, With SHR when they taught about US history they kind of jaded over several key facts about what ACTUALLY HAPPENED, they hid the fact that with the revolutionary war the citizens of england actually payed the same, and higher in some cases, taxes, and that there could be no active representation BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OCEAN BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. And then they did this song about spreading across the continent, and missed all the mass murder of natives we committed.
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 And then on the topic of science, actually in recent years astronomers have found evidence of the Big Bang, you know how far off light takes extremely long times to reach us? Well apparently a team at NASA, and some university, I can't remember which, observed the image of guess what? The Big Bang. However this means that the matter from the big bang must have traveled far faster than the speed of light, which would screw up space and time as we know it.
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 And finally with evolution, there's evidence of fossils and rock patterns in Africa that are also in South America, and the fact that different groups of the same species that live in different areas have adapted to have different traits so that they may survive. Like what Darwin observed at the Galapagos Islands, where different birds of the same species of finch had different types of beaks on almost every island, because the type of fruits and nuts were different. QED.
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 And finally I am, myself an agnostic, but I was once a rather religious Jew, and I was and currently am under the belief that if there is a God, he, or she to be fair to women, or it, rather, caused the big bang to happen, and gave us the story of the garden of eden to the Israelites so that their feeble minds could handle it. Honestly if God started explaining Quantum Physics to a bunch of people from that time period, they wouldn't get it.
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MGAPdot1998 So it is my belief that God, if he/she/it exists wills mankind to pursue science and discover more of he/she/it's mysteries of he/she/it's creations, even if it contradicts some texts he/she/it left us. There are actually many people who are starting to look at the bible as less of an accurate historical recording of creation and whatnot, and rather moral guidelines (which unfortunately many "religious people" seem to be overlooking) we should all live by. I have come at you, bro.
MajorJakobs 4 months ago
@MajorJakobs well yes. many "religious people" do overlook the bible alot. and some dont even pray. that is why (if you believe in god) you can tell if someone is a believer or just says that they are. besides science contradicts itself too. Ok. science basically revolves around the big bang theory and evolution. the big bang theory says that there was this small compressed mass of "energy". then it just exploded into the creation of the universe. but, that has 1 error...
MGAPdot1998 4 months ago
@MajorJakobs this error is that science also supports Isaac Newton's fact that an object at rest stays at rest. Well, if the compressed mass was at rest and not exploding, then it coudnt have just one day "decide to explode". so yea. and cool im jewish too. im hebrew messianic.
MGAPdot1998 4 months ago
Actually, velocity is displacement over time. Not like speed's distance over time. A small detail, but an important one.
Josepy2u 5 months ago
how did i get here from a payless comercial -_-
Mu5ik4Life 5 months ago
LOL THIS WAS SCIENCE HOMEWORK!!!!!
11wimpdog82 5 months ago
@CedricUreta DOUBLE COMMENTER!
Istilllikegamecubes 5 months ago
Cool :))))))
CedricUreta 5 months ago
Coool :))))))))))
CedricUreta 5 months ago
so speed is speed and velocity is the direction of speed
jeliconline 6 months ago
@jeliconline It is better to think of it more as "speed is the magnitude of velocity". Because "direction of speed" would literally just be the direction of the speed, such as "West" or "in the positive x-direction". Say you are going 25 mph at a 45 degree angle (or NE). Your speed is 25 mph. Your velocity is 25 mph @ 45 degrees or 5 mph North, and 5 mph in the East (written mathematically as 5i + 5j).
Sorry I got all explain-y on you. I couldn't resist.
TheNixolas 6 months ago
@TheNixolas ^_^
Assassinus2 5 months ago
@jeliconline
Yup,
Speed is how fast you are going. Velocity is how fast you are going and the direction you are going.
yanksguy23 5 months ago
the song is crap... but amazing at the same time.
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When I was a little kid I used to listen to They Might Be Giants' songs for grown ups, and now I'm a grown up and all I do is listen to their kids albums.
PelicanGodOfJupiter 7 months ago
@PelicanGodOfJupiter lol i thought that too
misterlivic 6 months ago
my friend:" Hey are you on team Edward or team Jacob? :D"
Me: "NEITHER!!!! >:D"
friend: team bella?"
me: NO!
friend: then what team are you on...?"
me: TEAM PHYSICS!!!!!! >:D"
davidgspeterson 7 months ago
im high as hell and thats right I got speed!
Bithernek 8 months ago
@Bithernek rofl
talflick 7 months ago
@SpaceTime4D No, as there are two possible directions.
tundrorock 8 months ago
coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Luchia676 8 months ago
speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
madara2312 8 months ago
Question: if there was only one dimension, would speed and velocity be equivalent?
SpaceTime4D 8 months ago
this is like the most basic.. i want more.. :(
IamMasivers95 8 months ago
Speed is defined as change in DISTANCE over time. Velocity is defined as change in DISPLACEMENT over time. If you're not traveling in a straight line, then your distance is bigger than your displacement, and thus, your speed is higher than your velocity.
youmils03 8 months ago
I am in 4th grade and I have NDI lessons.I uses this song.That is why I search for it.NDI is dancing class.
Luchia676 8 months ago
@Luchia676 iaiosufdilewh fyouelfk,gb azhjeirifqlad
Luchia676 8 months ago
SPEED AND DIRECTION!
moomoomage 8 months ago
@marinpetricevic7 Right on... The differences become clear(er) when you add multiple values together, such as a head wind, or a river current. If you just have speed and no direction your kind of hosed in calculating final position. I think a great example that might help people who think of these as the same is to look at another scalar value - temperature. Temperature doesn't have direction. Density doesn't have a direction.
tundrorock 8 months ago
0:59 The airplane is going at a speed of 500 "miles" per hour. What's a mile?
SpaceTime4D 8 months ago
@SpaceTime4D A mile is a standardized unit of distance.
SolMaster 8 months ago
@SpaceTime4D A mile is 1.609344 kilometres, just round it off to 1.5. The plane would be traveling at 804.672 km/h
jacksonnicholls 8 months ago
Speed is scalar and velocity is a vector... quite simple
marinpetricevic7 8 months ago
wat the hek speed and velocity are the same, just one includes direction????
MW2fabian 9 months ago
@MW2fabian
they forgot to mention that if you ran in a circle a whole number of times (as in you ended up where you started) you would have a velocity of zero, as speed is a ratio of distance (length of path stretched out) to time, but velocity is a ratio of displacement (length of a straight distance between start and endpoint) to time
Awesomeoneofawesome 9 months ago
@ukywildcat7 I think the song and video are awesome. I'm just pointing out that the people who disliked it could've disliked it because of a more detailed understanding of physics, not a lack of understanding. Your jab was both clever and unnecessary
JimKHarp 9 months ago
lol they played this in sciencee loool
Cc240240 10 months ago
I saw this in class today
jjaritos 10 months ago
@jjaritos hehe me too
Cc240240 10 months ago
O Yeah Science..Yeah :)
zebraqueen96 10 months ago
we saw tis in class 2day :D
zebraqueen96 10 months ago
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I'm still confused :/
KirraMareeJ 10 months ago
Awsome
MrEwanH 10 months ago
i like John but John is weird
merlinson33 10 months ago
steve greenslade
JAW007JAW 11 months ago
my science teacher showed this to us XD
FridayNightable 11 months ago
were studing this in science
thismy2ndusername 11 months ago
two people think speed and velocity are the same thing
sc1592 11 months ago
@sc1592 Yea, but now its 4 people. I agree that the 4 people think speed and velocity are the same thing.
Mommy2amberrose 10 months ago
@Mommy2amberrose Or 4 people know that acceleration is a change in velocity, but not necessarily an increase
JimKHarp 10 months ago
@JimKHarp and jerk is the rate of change of acceleration also not necessarily an increase
ukywildcat7 9 months ago
I love this. Divya Srinivasan's art style is fantastic.
loudmouth5996 11 months ago
My teacher showed this to our physics class, and the volume wouldn't go any higher, so all my classmates know is that it goes like "Speeeeeed........... velocityyyy............. ACCELERATION!!!!!" =))
ysa722 1 year ago
my sience teacher is obsessed with this song
TheStrawberrykate 1 year ago
lindo!!!!
marilyn101206 1 year ago
1:11 i was waiting for them to flip upside down, messed up rollercoaster..
juventusoccer 1 year ago
the guy driving the car at the beginning looks just like the guy from waking life! watch?v=SkDL6et4jsI
MichaelLeroi 1 year ago
@MichaelLeroi That's totally Wiley Wiggins! NUTS!
JuliusBonapart 11 months ago
2 people got their powers ripped off. :P
spindawg97 1 year ago
these videos are a fun way of learning! AND they re hilarious!!!
mrmcmonkeymcbeans 1 year ago
I need to purchase this album. It explains things so well.
EFS1968 1 year ago
why thank you
hkirkp01 1 year ago
so velocity is speed and direction?
hemmingway28 1 year ago
@hemmingway28 yes indeed.
XxLordxJigglexX 1 year ago
@hemmingway28 yuppp
TheStrawberrykate 1 year ago
my physics teachers are so crap
this is so simple yet i didnt know it before?
jamreaper 1 year ago
Star Trek has been wrong it's entire time!
TheRosemaryHampton 1 year ago
I LOVE all these videos, and they all have the right edgecational facts
hkirkp01 1 year ago
@hkirkp01 no offense, but when you spell educational "edgecational" it just becomes this funny little poetic irony.
PaladinKenny1 1 year ago
At 0:35 the song sounds eerily like the Mystery Science Theater 3000 intro.
paulwagener 1 year ago
We watch this in 8th grade science class all the time with Ms Snow... it's so darn catchy!
xMusicIsIncrediblex 1 year ago
This looks like it was done by the same person who did the Skipper Dan video for Weird Al. Was it?
RWappin 1 year ago
2 People are Velocity Guy
paranoidude 1 year ago
I'm in college studying Physics and I've watched this and this is probably best explanation of these concepts that I've come across! YAY SCIENCE!! Happy Science week!! XD
fudgecake74 1 year ago
2 people are taking chemistry.
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nadeeraist 1 year ago
we watched this in physics today!
ilikegrass990 1 year ago
@ilikegrass990 mee too
ajacksonh 1 year ago
When it says acceleration it isn't thorough enough. It just says, "let's go faster." which leads us to believe that acceleration is just a change in speed, but it is a change of velocity, so if you maintain the same speed but change direction you're accelerating. Anyway, this sums up most of my physics class last year.
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glennjgd 1 year ago
Right, someone explain this to me.
I get that speed is how fast you are moving, and velocity is the direction in which you are going.
But what's the point of the distinction? Surely if you have speed, you must be going in a direction. So shouldn't that mean speed and velocity are just two parts of one thing that cannot be separated. Why would you count speed without a direction? ARGH.
breakingstuff1 1 year ago
@breakingstuff1 Velocity is your speed in a direction. It's useful for calculating momentum and acceleration and stuff because if something starts moving in the opposite direction, it's expressed as a negative to make things easier. So if you've got something moving at 10m/s north, and it starts accelerating at -1m/s^2, you can safely say that in 11 seconds it will be moving south.
Dogmantra2 1 year ago
@Dogmantra2 Oh I see! Thank you. :)
breakingstuff1 1 year ago
Haa this was our science song (:
mlivecchi12 1 year ago
I tutor freshman physics and I can't get people to understand these concepts... I must say, though, it's quite well summed up here.
deekhaye 1 year ago
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deekhaye 1 year ago
does velocity only work with north south east and west?
so if i'm in a spaceship going at 1000 miles per hour, but i'm going directly into outer space, i don't have any velocity? just speed?
gb389 1 year ago
@gb389 No, you'd have velocity, but you'd have to specify a direction, probably relative to the position of your surroundings. A rock falling straight down clearly has velocity, even though it would not move in a cardinal direction. :)
KrispyKangaroo 1 year ago
wtf is this.
slimjim905 1 year ago
Science can be...FUN?WTF?!ç.ç
88Hyo 1 year ago
I swear to god i heard this song today in class
saleens66 1 year ago
Us to but it is good for science
lourdesrockshard2 1 year ago
We have to sing this song in science, it's so funny!
PokemonMasterJenny 1 year ago
That song is so catchy.
DarthVaderrules14 1 year ago
its hard to believe that alt rock can be so educational, but who cares?! its freakin science! nd for that matter, why do little kids think tat north is considered up? make song about this, please!!!
mjhher3394 1 year ago
@mjhher3394 Because you hold a map vertically in your hands. Most young people don't tend to look down at something when they're using it.
gigax571 1 year ago
this is a case of arbitrary convention elevated to absolute truth. it's so small minded. speed and velocity is of course exactly the same. that some dude somewhere decided that speed is the scalar form and velocity is the vector form does not make it etched in stone! fuck convention.
DanFrederiksen 1 year ago
@DanFrederiksen -it's only small minded because the song is made to simplify what confuses some people. And besides, the two words are different, otherwise why make a different word for each?? It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Seems like you are trying to say someone created the words and someone else said they are different. The words mean two different things that deal with the same topic. This concept is excepted worldwide.
myr2260 1 year ago
@myr2260 you mean like warm and hot? or tasty and yummy.
it's not the song's fault although seems there are topics you might want to cover in song before this. it's a convention in some circles of physics/engineering to make that highly artificial and arbitrary distinction. if you look it up in a dictionary they are perfectly synonymous except for in the context of physics. it's an arbitrary distinction. for those of us who think on our own it's frankly offensive to have it imposed. I rebel
DanFrederiksen 1 year ago
i have to show this to my physics teacher
ASD31415 1 year ago
Man, marty's got quite the voice.
Walrusaurus 1 year ago 2
AWESOME, I'm the 100th person to rate ^-^
nevermore154 1 year ago
Why don't teachers know about these songs? Seriously. xD
And I love TMBG so it'd be even better. A couple weeks of learning put into a song. c:
PsychoticRagDoll777 1 year ago 2
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yeah we were doing this subject in my school about 3 months ago for 4 weeks here it is in 2:10 ... wow
vincernio 1 year ago
yeah we were doing this subject in my school about 3 months ago for 4 weeks here it is in 2:10 ... wow
vincernio 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS AWESOME. Also, Speed can also mean slowing down! See Mr. Sharma! I still remember stuff from your class.
AL4087 1 year ago
Why are they measuring velocity in miles per hour?
theclinger 1 year ago
nice vid for like 5 year olds
refill1234567 1 year ago
help me how can i download this video i need it in our speed and velocity project in science please help me. :(
pamdote003 1 year ago
YEAH! PHYSICS!
Fuzunga 1 year ago 22
This is seriously the first time I ever understood the difference between the two. Thanks, TMBG and Marty Beller!
hoofer1 2 years ago 6
Today on my first day in PHYS 121, I felt like I was wasting my money because They Might Be Giants had already taught me this. Thanks guys!!
malenkylizards 2 years ago 3
Hey! I could have passed that stupid college physics class if i had this song! Well...no I couldn't. But, you know...
ireuel357 2 years ago 2
"When you're on a jet plane, and you're on the runway, ready to take off, and then you're stuck on the tarmac overnight!"
OsthatoCat 2 years ago 2
Great for kids! And such good music production that i'ts enjoyable by adults. I love this!
SweetPawsMcGenty 2 years ago
I have Marty Beller's autograph on a TMBG bumper sticker. He's the man.
CatronixOnYT 2 years ago
Motion, direction, acceleration!
Haha, love it!
Fireicee1 2 years ago 4
this was like a weeks worth of lessons in high school physics summed up and condensed into 2 explanatory minutes
NetsJetsMets133 2 years ago 42
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lordcrypticious 1 year ago
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@NetsJetsMets133 they seem to be able to do so
mrstaufer 11 months ago
@NetsJetsMets133
yep.
kickkmyfaceinn 10 months ago
I'm probably going to get tested on this. So now I know!
Thanks, Science! And They Might Be Giants!
Ptoras 2 years ago
Love this one!
MetaGrrrl 2 years ago
Yay Marty!!!
TMBGTransformer 2 years ago
Fun!
ThorGoLucky 2 years ago
Grr why are there apostrophes in the miles?!
You write a great song and let an animator spoil it.
dogdrovenorth 2 years ago
I didn't see any apostrohpes
slackerboy02 2 years ago
Great
ardvarkd 2 years ago
Not bad. Helps to remind me of the difference between speed and velocity.
RandamatrixofAlbany 2 years ago 4