What is the difference between a vector and a scalar?
Answer
Vectors are longer
Vectors are like scalars, but also include a magnitude
Scalars are like vectors, but also include a unit
Vectors are like scalars, but also include a direction
Question 2
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Which of the following angles could be used to resolve a vector into two components?
Answer
180
270
45
100
60
90
Question 3
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A car is moving in a straight line at 50 m/s. How far will it have traveled in 10 seconds?
x = [blank_start]500[blank_end] m
Answer
500
Question 4
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Resolve the following vector into its components:
R = 100.0 m @ 45 degrees
x = + [blank_start]70.71[blank_end] m
y = + [blank_start]70.71[blank_end] m
Answer
70.71
70.71
Question 5
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Which equation will resolve your resultant into a y-component?
Answer
Rcos (-)
Rsin (-)
Rtan (-)
Rcos^2 (-)
Question 6
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A line is drawn to be 10.33 cm long at an angle of 10 degrees to the - y axis. What is the vector's y component?
The first blank is for the sign. The second blank is for the value. The third blank is for the units.
y = [blank_start]-[blank_end] [blank_start]10.17[blank_end] [blank_start]cm[blank_end]
Answer
-
10.17
cm
Question 7
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The slope of a v/t graph shows which of the following:
Answer
Velocity
Acceleration
Displacement
Time
Question 8
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If you could measure the value of a slope on an x/t graph can directly show you which of the following:
Answer
Velocity
Speed
Distance
Displacement
Acceleration
Question 9
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What is the value of the area under a v/t graph?
[blank_start]Displacement[blank_end]
Answer
Displacement
Question 10
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A woman takes her car from rest at a stoplight to a speed of 25 m/s in 10.0 seconds. What is her acceleration?
a = [blank_start]2.5[blank_end] m/s^2