Displacement

A quantity that needs both magnitude and direction to be fully described.

• Vector

• Scalar

A quantity described by magnitude and does not need direction

• Vector

• Scalar

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

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

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

• components
• scalar
• resultant
• magnitude

DISTANCE

• Scalar

• Vector

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 8 miles

• 6 miles

Billy runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Billy's distance?

• 0 meters

• 400 meters

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters

Ivan walks 10 meters west to the water fountain, then runs 2 meters east to his class to avoid a lockout. His displacement would be:

• 8 meters
• 8 meters, east
• 8 meters, west
• 12 meters

17 m/s, East

• Vector

• Scalar

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

• True
• False