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Using Scalar and Vector Quantities

Authored by Charles Martinez

Physics

12th Grade

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Using Scalar and Vector Quantities
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

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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NGSS.HS-PS3-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
Wind blowing at 20 knots

Scalar
Vector

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
A deer running 15 meters per second due west

Scalar
Vector

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is not a vector quantity? 

displacement 
time
velocity 
acceleration

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following quantities are vectors?

speed, velocity, acceleration
velocity, acceleration, force
force, acceleration, mass
length, mass, time

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

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