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

If a boomerang is thrown 20 m in a straight line and returns exactly to the spot it was thrown what is its displacement?

• 20m
• 40m
• 0m
• -20m

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.4A

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

DISTANCE

• Scalar

• Vector

VELOCITY

• Scalar

• Vector

MASS

• Scalar

• Vector

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

SPEED

• Scalar

• Vector

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1