Components and Resultants

Which statement is true about a moving object?
When an object is ....

• ...accelerating, the resultant force acting on it must be zero
• ... moving at a steady speed, the air resistance acting on it must equal zero
• ... moving at a steady speed, the resultant force acting on it must equal zero
• ... moving, there must be a resultant force acting on it.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Find the magnitude.

• 4

• 5

• 3

• square root of 5

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the x component of the vector in the diagram?

• 104N
• 60N
• -104N
• 95N

What is the y component of the vector in the diagram?

• 104N
• 60N
• -104N
• 95N

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm
• 22 cm
• 15 cm
• 13 cm

The sum of two or more vectors (450 N in this picture)

• Zero vector

• Parallel vectors

• Equivalent vectors

• Resultant

What is the y component of the vector in the diagram?

• 104N
• -60N
• 60N
• 95N

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the x component of the vector in the diagram?

• 104N
• -60N
• 60N
• 95N

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A resultant vector is

• equal to the sum of one vector.

• equal to the sum of two or more vectors.

• equal to the difference of one vector.

Has magnitude and direction

• Scalar

• Vector

• Initial Point

• Terminal Point

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-5