Unit 1 - SP1A - 1D Motion

30 m/sec, East. Scalar or Vector

• Scalar
• Vector
• Neither

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Wind blowing at 20 mph.Vector or scalar?

• Scalar
• Vector

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A deer running 15 meters per second due west.Vector or scalar?

• Scalar
• Vector

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

 Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement?

• 5 miles
• 1 mile 
• 2 miles south
• 1 mile north 

 Ray runs 30 feet north, 30 feet west, and then 30 feet south. What is the distance?

• 90 feet
• 30 feet
• 60 feet
• 0 feet

A quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called a scalar quantity.

• True
• False

What is magnitude?

• The direction that describes a quantity.
• A numerical value
• A unit of force

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The speedometer on your car tells you

• average velocity
• instantaneous velocity
• average speed
• instantaneous speed

What is this graph representing?

• Constant Speed
• Acceleration (speeding up)
• Deceleration (slowing down)
• No motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

In which of the following graphs (click the image) are both runners moving at the same speed (note that graph c is the bottom right graph, and graph d is the bottom left graph)? 

• Graph A
• Graph B
• Graph C
• Graph D

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1