Science Quiz Review

Distance is which of the following types of quantities?

• Scalar

• Magnitude

• Vector

• Direction

Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Temperature

• Acceleration

Which type of quantity is characterized by both magnitude and direction?

• Scalar

• Vector

• Physical

• Speed

Acceleration occurs when an object undergoes

• speed increase

• speed decrease

• a change in the direction of travel

• any of the above

Which of the following does not undergo acceleration?

• A car with constant speed moving in a circular path

• A car moving at 60 kph along a straight path.

• A speeding motorcycle

• A truck that comes to a complete stop

The branch of physics that studies the motion of objects and other related concepts of force and energy is

• motion

• mechanics

• kinematics

• dynamics

It describes how objects move.

• motion

• mechanics

• kinematics

• dynamics

Which of the following quantities is not a scalar?

• instantaneous speed

• distance

• average speed

• displacement

Among the following quantities, which has both magnitude and direction?

• distance

• speed

• time

• acceleration

Which of the following shows deceleration?

• A car moving 60 kph in a straight path

• A bus moving 40 kph around a curve

• A typhoon moving at 60 kph northwest and changing its path to 80 kph west

• A jeepney moving on a straight road, slowing down to a stop