Demo Quiz for Scalar and Vector Quantities - GP1

Scalar or Vector: The airplane was flying 500 miles per hour due west from New York to California.

• scalar

• vector

Which of the following measurements is a vector quantity?

• mass

• speed

• temperature

• velocity

What symbol is typically used to represent a vector?

• plus sign

• minus sign

• arrow

• multiplication sign

Scalar or Vector: The 2500 kilogram car was resting in the last parking space on the block.

• scalar

• vector

What is a vector?

• A quantity described by direction only.

• A quantity described by magnitude only.

• A quantity described by both a magnitude and a direction.

Scalar or Vector: The runner accelerated towards the finish line at a rate of 5 meters per second squared.

• scalar

• vector

Which of the following measurements is a scalar quantity?

• acceleration

• force

• speed

• velocity

Identify the following quantities as scalar or vector: the speed of a snail, the time it takes to run a mile, the free-fall acceleration.

• Vector, scalar, scalar

• Scalar, scalar, vector

• Vector, scalar, vector

• Scalar, vector, vector

Which of the following is a physical quantity that has a magnitude but no direction?

• frame of reference

• resultant

• scalar

• vector

Identify the following quantities as scalar or vector: the mass of an object, the number of leaves on a tree, wind velocity.

• Vector, scalar, scalar

• Vector, scalar, vector

• Scalar, scalar, vector

• Scalar, vector, vector