WorksheetsPhysics Vectors Drawing
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
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?
a)
40 metres, South
b)
50 metres, South
c)
50 metres, North
d)
40 metres, North
2.
Which statement describes a vector?
a)
It has magnitude but no direction
b)
It has direction but no magnitude
c)
It has both direction and magnitude
d)
It has constant magnitude but no
direction
direction
3.
In practice A of the figure, What is the magnitude of the resultant displacement?
a)
5 km
b)
8 km
c)
11 km
d)
15 km
4.
In practice A of the figure, what is the direction of the resultant displacement?
a)
63 degrees, South of East
b)
63 degrees, North of West
c)
27 degrees, North of West
d)
27 degrees, South of West
5.
In practice B of the figure, which displacement is the horizontal component?
a)
30 km, East
b)
30 km, West
c)
40 km, North
d)
40 km, South
6.
In practice B of the figure, which displacement is the vertical component?
a)
40 km, South
b)
40 km, North
c)
30 km, East
d)
30 km, West
7.
Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
Wind blowing at 20 knots
Wind blowing at 20 knots
a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
8.
Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
A deer running 15 meters per second due west
A deer running 15 meters per second due west
a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
9.
If a boomerang is thrown 20 m in a straight line and returns exactly to the spot it was thrown what is its displacement?
a)
20m
b)
40m
c)
0m
d)
-20m
10.
A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the distance it traveled?
a)
30 km, West
b)
60 km. East
c)
90 km
d)
150 km
11.
If a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement?
a)
12 km
b)
19 km, East
c)
31 km
d)
43 km, East
12.
A person observes a fireworks display from a safe distance of 0.750 kilometer. Assuming that sound travels at 340 meters per second in air, what is the time between the person seeing and hearing a fireworks explosion?
a)
0.453 s
b)
2.21 s
c)
410 s
d)
255,000 s
13.
A child walks 5 meters north, then 4 meters east, and finally 2 meters south. What is the magnitude of the resultant displacement of the child after the entire walk?
a)
1.0 m
b)
5.0 m
c)
3.0 m
d)
11.0 m
14.
An airplane traveling north at 220 meters per second encounters a 50.0-meters-per-second crosswind from west to east.
a)
170 m/s
b)
214 m/s
c)
226 m/s
d)
270 m/s
15.
A hiker walks 5 kilometers due north and then 7 kilometers due east.
a)
2 km
b)
8.6 km
c)
12 km
d)
12.6 km
16.
A fishing boat with a maximum speed of 3 m/s relative to the water is in a river that is flowing at 2 m/s. What is the maximum speed the boat can obtain relative to the shore?
a)
5 m/s
b)
25 m/s
c)
5.8 m/s
d)
7 m/s
17.
A fishing boat with a maximum speed of 3 m/s relative to the water is in a river that is flowing at 2 m/s. What is the maximum speed the boat can obtain relative to the shore?
a)
5 m/s
b)
25 m/s
c)
5.8 m/s
d)
7 m/s
18.
Which statement describes a vector?
a)
It has magnitude but no direction
b)
It has direction but no magnitude
c)
It has both direction and magnitude
d)
It has constant magnitude but no
direction
direction
19.
What is the unit for acceleration?
a)
m/s
b)
ms
c)
m/s/s
d)
mss
20.
Which of these is not a vector quantity?
a)
displacement
b)
time
c)
velocity
d)
acceleration
21.
The diagram shows a man using a rope to pull a cart. The man's pull on the handle of the cart
is a tension force that
is a tension force that
a)
has magnitude and direction
b)
has magnitude only
c)
has direction only
d)
has no magnitude nor direction.
22.
A car travels 90 metres 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?
a)
40 metres, South
b)
50 metres, South
c)
50 metres, North
d)
40 metres, North
23.
Which of the following quantities are vectors?
a)
speed, velocity, acceleration
b)
velocity, acceleration, force
c)
force, acceleration, mass
d)
length, mass, time
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