Vectors

A vector is a ray with both ____________ and _____________.

• Wings and halos

• Space and time

• Direction and magnitude

• Radicals and exponents

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 meters, South

• 50 meters, South

• 50 meters, North

• 40 meters, North 

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

The _______ of two or more vectors is the sum of the vectors.

• components
• scalar
• resultant
• magnitude

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the net force?
100 N        230 N
<------        --------->

• 30 N to the right
• 230 N to the right
• 130 N to the right
• This is a balanced force

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the x component of the vector given in the diagram?

• 77N
• 92N
• 120N
• 60N

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1