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Question
Match the following.
| 1. | Displacement | Knot |
| 2. | Light travelling through vacuum | Geometric centre |
| 3. | Speed of ship | Metre |
| 4. | Centre of gravity of geometrical shaped objects | Larger base area |
| 5. | Stability | Uniform velocity |
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Solution
| 1. | Displacement | Metre |
| 2. | Light travelling through vacuum | Uniform velocity |
| 3. | Speed of ship | Knot |
| 4. | Centre of gravity of geometrical shaped objects | Larger base area |
| 5. | Stability | Geometric centre |
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