Distance and Displacement (11.1)

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What is a system of objects that are NOT moving with respect to one another?

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frame of reference

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Distance is

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the length between two points

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SI unit best suited for measuring the length of a classroom: millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer

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meter

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Movement in relation to a frame of reference is called

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relative motion

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A scalar quantity includes

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magnitude only

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What does a vector quantity include?

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Both magnitude and direction

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A vector quantity is represented with

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arrows

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An example of a vector quantity is: speed of a car, velocity of a car, both speed and velocity of a car, the outside temperature

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velocity of a car

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If vectors are going in the same direction you should

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add

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If vectors are at right angles to each other, you should: add, subtract, use Pythagorean theorem

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use Pythagorean theorem