Vector MC Practice

A car travels 90 meters due north in 15 seconds. Then the car turns around and travels 40 meters due south.  What is the magnitude and direction  of the car's resultant displacement?  

• 40 metres, South
• 50 metres, South
• 50 metres, North
• 40 metres, North 

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4A

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

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?
Wind blowing at 20 knots

• Scalar
• Vector

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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

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

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

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

When adding two vectors graphically, a+b=c. Does b+a produce the same resultant vector c?

• Yes, two vectors added together always produce the same resultant vector

• No, because order matters

• Yes, but c will be pointing in the opposite direction

• No, because you can't add two vectors

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4A

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

When subtracting two vectors, a-b=c. Does b-a produce the same resultant vector c?

• Yes, two vectors subtracted together always produce the same resultant vector

• No, because order matters

• Yes, but c will be pointing in the opposite direction

• No, because you can't subtract two vectors

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

Which vector equation matches the vector operation shown in the diagram below?

• u + w = - v

• v + u = w

• w + u = v

• - v + w = 2u

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C