Kinematics Review

In Kinematics the length of the path that an object travels is called _____________.

The length of the straight line between the start point and end point plus the direction the object moved is called __________.

Quantities that have a magnitude and direction are called _________ quantities

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Quantities that have a magnitude only are called _________ quantities

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) vectors

,

(b) scalars

• distance

• temperature

• time

• displacement

• speed

• velocity

• volume

• force

• mass

• acceleration

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) must have a direction

,

(b) no direction needed

• mass

• volume

• time

• displacement

• acceleration

• speed

• distance

• velocity

• temperature

• force

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The picture shows the path an ant took from point A to B.

Label the two lines as distance and displacement.

a

b

Displacement

Distance

In a properly recorded vector quantity such as 12 m/s south, the number or amount is called ____________.

A properly recorded vector quantity has an amount with a unit of measure and a __________.

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Sara walks from Point A to Point B. Which is true?

• The magnitudes of the distance and displacement are EQUAL

• The magnitude of the distance is less than the magnitue of the displacement

• The magnitude of the distance is more than the magnitude of the displacement