Understanding Vectors and Their Components

Understanding Vectors and Their Components

Assessment

Passage

Physics

10th - 11th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

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Melinda Portillo

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a vector in physics?

A quantity with only magnitude

A quantity with both magnitude and direction

A quantity with only direction

A quantity with neither magnitude nor direction

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a vector quantity?

Displacement

Velocity

Speed

Force

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of vector addition in physics?

To determine the magnitude of a single vector

To find the resultant vector from two or more vectors

To convert a vector into its components

To calculate the direction of a vector

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a vector directed at an angle be broken down?

Into a single component

Into two components aligned with the coordinate axes

Into three components

Into components that are not aligned with the coordinate axes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What method can be used to find a vector's magnitude from its components?

Trigonometric methods

Head-to-tail method

Pythagorean theorem

Vector subtraction

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