WorksheetsVectors (PHCF 0215)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
Displacement
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
Which of the following quantities has both magnitude and direction?
Scalar
Vector
Mass
Temperature
What is the result of adding two vectors in the same direction?
Their difference
Their sum
Zero
The product
If a car travels 100 meters north and then 100 meters south, what is its displacement?
0 meters
100 meters
200 meters
50 meters
A vector has a magnitude of 5 units and makes an angle of 60∘ with the x-axis. What is its x-component?
5
2.5
5cos60∘
5sin60∘
A person walks 3 km east and then 4 km north. What is the magnitude of the resultant displacement?
5 km
7 km
1 km
12 km
A force of 10 N acts at an angle of 30∘ to the horizontal. What is the horizontal component of the force?
10sin30∘
10cos30∘
5
10
100 N 230 N
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When subtracting two vectors, a-b=c. Does b-a produce the same resultant vector c?
Yes, two vectors subtracted together always produce the same resultant vector
No, because order matters
Yes, but c will be pointing in the opposite direction
No, because you can't subtract two vectors
A resultant vector is
equal to the sum of one vector.
equal to the sum of two or more vectors.
equal to the difference of one vector.
