Vectors and Scalars

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

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

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 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

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

If a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement?

• 12 km
• 19 km, East
• 31 km
• 43 km, East

Which of these is not a vector quantity? 

• displacement 
• time
• velocity 
• acceleration

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Which of the following quantities are vectors?

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

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

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