Quiz about Scalars,vectors, distance and displacement, speed and velocity

Question 1

Speed in a given direction is the definition of:

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Speed

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Acceleration

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Direction

Question 2

What is the equation for speed?

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Speed = distance/time

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Speed = time/distance

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Speed = distance x time

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Speed = time x distance

Question 3

What do you need to know about an object to calculate its velocity?

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Speed and direction

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Speed and time

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Speed and distance

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Time and direction

Question 4

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

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Velocity includes the direction the object is traveling.

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Speed includes the direction the object is traveling.

Question 5

A car traveling 300 miles in 5 hours is an example of:

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speed

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velocity

Question 6

A ball rolling west at 5 cm/s is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Speed

Question 7

A bird flying south at 64 km/hr is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Speed

Question 8

The International Space Station orbiting the Earth from west to east at 7.66 km/s is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Velocity

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Speed

Question 9

A robot traveling 2 m/s is an example of:

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Speed

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Velocity

Question 10

A cheetah runs 220 km in 2 hours. What is the cheetah's speed?

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110 km/hr

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110 km/hr west

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440 km/hr

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440 km/hr west

Question 11

A train travels 500 km north in 2 hours. What is the train's velocity?

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250 km/hr north

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250 km/hr

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500 km/s

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500 km/s north

Question 12

The Earth travels 900 km around the sun in 30 seconds. What is the Earth's velocity?

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30 km/s around the sun

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30 km/s

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30 km/hr around the sun

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30 km/hr

Question 13

A ship sails 5,635 km west in 3.5 months. What is the ship's velocity?

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1,610 km/m west

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1,610 km/m

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2.2 km/hr

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2.2 km/hr west

Question 14

A ship sails 5,635 km west in 2,520 hours. What is the ship's velocity?

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1,610 km/m west

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1,610 km/m

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1,610

Question 15

A Lego car travels 3 meters in 3.7 seconds. What is the car's speed?

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0.81 m/s

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0.81

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1.23 m/s

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1.23

Question 16

Which speed is faster?

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25 m/s

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10 m/s

Question 17

Which speed is faster?

Accepted Answer

100 km/hr

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83 km/hr

Question 18

Which speed is slower?

Accepted Answer

5.2 km/hr

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52 km/hr

Question 19

Which velocity is faster?

Accepted Answer

2.2 m/s north

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0.8 m/s north

Question 20

Which velocity is slower?

Accepted Answer

1 km/hr southwest

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10 km/hr southwest

Question 21

This diagram shows how a ball on this pool table rolled to get to the pocket. The black line shows the actual path that the ball rolled.

What was the displacement of the ball when it fell into the pocket?

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5 ft

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6 ft

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7 ft

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14 ft

Question 22

This diagram shows how a ball on this pool table rolled to get to the pocket. The black line shows the actual path that the ball rolled.

What was the distance traveled by the ball when it fell into the pocket?

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14 ft

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6 ft

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7 ft

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5 ft

Question 23

How many steps TOTAL does Harry take every ten minutes?

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40

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20

Question 24

Harry has been on duty for 20 minutes. What distance has he traveled? (Hint: You will multiply the answer above by two!)

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80 steps

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100 steps

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120 steps

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160 steps

Question 25

After Harry has been on duty for 20 minutes, what is his displacement?

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0 steps

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20 steps

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40 steps

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80 steps

Question 26

After 5 seconds, what is the displacement of the cheetah above?

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100 meters

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0 meters

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50 meters

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500 meters

Question 27

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

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8 km

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2 km

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3 km

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5 km

Question 28

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement? (Hint: Think about your beginning and end point only!)

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2 km

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3 km

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5 km

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8 km

Question 29

A jogger runs on the track shown in the figure above. What is the jogger's total distance after running a complete lap around the track?

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260 m

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100 m

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130 m

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160 m

Question 30

A jogger runs on the track shown in the figure above. What is the jogger's displacement after running a complete lap around the track?

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0 m

Answer

100 m

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130 m

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160 m

Question 31

Which scenario would lead to a displacement of zero? There may be more than one answer!

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Jeremiah walks from the bus stop 20 meters to the park and then back to the bus stop.

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Ricky runs 14 meters East from the school, but realizes he forgot his Chromebook and goes back.

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Allison walks from home 50 meters to the store to buy a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper.

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Alaysia skips 10 meters to the end of the sidewalk.

Question 32

What is the total distance, in meters, if the person traveled all the way around the rectangle?

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16 m

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3 m

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5 m

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13 m

Question 33

What is the total displacement, in meters, if the person traveled all the way around the rectangle?

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0 m

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3 m

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5 m

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13 m

Question 34

Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement?

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1 mile north

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5 miles

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1 mile

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2 miles south

Question 35

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point

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displacement

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distance

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motion

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reference point

Question 36

Wind blowing at 20 mph.Vector or scalar?

Accepted Answer

Scalar

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Vector

Question 37

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?

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50 metres, North

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40 metres, South

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50 metres, South

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40 metres, North

Question 38

You slowly walked 10 km West and then quickly ran 10 km North. During each part of the journey, the ______________ was the same.

Accepted Answer

distance

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displacement

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time

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velocity

Question 39

You slowly walked 10 km West and then quickly ran 10 km North. During each part of the journey, the ______________ was the same.

Accepted Answer

distance

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displacement

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time

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velocity

Question 40

A scalar is a magnitude _____.

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Without direction.

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With direction.

Question 41

How do scalars and vectors differ?

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vectors have direction

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scalers have units

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scalers have direction

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vectors have units

Question 42

Find the distance: Sara walks from A to B, B to C then C to D?

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11m

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3m

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5m

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16 m

Question 43

Sara walks from Point A to Point B. Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Distance and displacement are EQUAL

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Distance is less than displacement

Question 44

Fred walks in the following order: from Point A-B-C-D. The DISTANCE Fred walked is ____ meters and his Net DISPLACEMENT is ____ meters.

Accepted Answer

16 m; 0 m

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11 m; 16 m

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0 m; 16 m

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16 m; 8 m

Question 45

A quantity described by magnitude and does not need direction

Accepted Answer

Scalar

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Vector

Question 46

What are Scalars?

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Physical quantities with only magnitude

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Physical quantities with only magnitude and direction

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Physical quantities with only direction

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Physical quantities with only unit

Question 47

What are Vectors?

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Physical quantities with only magnitude and direction

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Physical quantities with only magnitude

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Physical quantities with only direction

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Physical quantities with only unit

Question 48

What do Vectors represent?

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Quantity and direction

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Only quantity

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Only direction

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None of the above

Question 49

What is a Unit Vector?

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A vector with magnitude 1 and directed along a given vector

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A vector with magnitude 0 and directed along a given vector

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A vector with magnitude 1 and directed opposite to a given vector

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A vector with magnitude 1 and perpendicular to a given vector

Question 50

What are Equal Vectors?

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Vectors with the same direction and magnitude

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Vectors with different directions and magnitudes

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Vectors with the same direction and different magnitudes

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Vectors with different directions and the same magnitude

Question 51

What is a Null Vector?

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A vector with zero magnitude and the same initial and terminal points

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A vector with zero magnitude and different initial and terminal points

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A vector with non-zero magnitude and the same initial and terminal points

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A vector with non-zero magnitude and different initial and terminal points

Question 52

What is a Free Vector?

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A vector that can be displaced parallel to itself and applied at any point

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A vector that can be displaced perpendicular to itself and applied at any point

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A vector that can be displaced perpendicular to itself and applied at its initial point

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A vector that can be displaced parallel to itself and applied at its initial point

Question 53

What is the characteristic of Vector Graphics?

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They are digital images created through mathematical statements

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They are digital images created through pixels

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They lose quality when zoomed in

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They are used only for 3D images

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