Vectors (Physics)

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

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.4C

In practice A of the figure, What is  the magnitude of the  resultant displacement?

• 5 km 
• 8 km
• 11 km
• 15 km

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

In practice A of the figure, what is the direction of the resultant displacement?

• South of East

• North of East

• North of West

• South of West

In practice B of the figure, which displacement is the horizontal component?

• 30 km, East
• 30 km, West
• 40 km, North
• 40 km, South

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

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

• Scalar
• Vector

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

What is the net force?
100 N        230 N
<------        --------->

• 30 N to the right
• 230 N to the right
• 130 N to the right
• This is a balanced force

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4A

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

A vector is a ray with both ____________ and _____________.

• Wings and halos

• Space and time

• Direction and magnitude

• Radicals and exponents

Find the magnitude.

• 0

• 5

• -5

• 4

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1