Scalar and vector Quantities

Which statement describes a vector?

• It has magnitude but no direction
• It has direction but no magnitude
• It has both direction and magnitude
• It has constant magnitude but no
   direction

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
A deer running 15 meters per second due west

• Scalar
• Vector

Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
Wind blowing at 20 knots

• Scalar
• Vector

Which of these is not a vector quantity? 

• displacement 
• time
• velocity 
• acceleration

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Which of the following quantities are vectors?

• speed, velocity, acceleration
• velocity, acceleration, force
• force, acceleration, mass
• length, mass, time

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

The _______ of two or more vectors is the sum of the vectors.

• components
• scalar
• resultant
• magnitude

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4A

DISTANCE

• Scalar

• Vector

VELOCITY

• Scalar

• Vector

Which would be used for the situation, scalar or vector:

The temperature change from noon to 6 pm

• scalar

• vector

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which would be used for the situation, scalar or vector:

How much faster a car travels after speeding up for 10 seconds

• scalar

• vector