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30 seconds
1 pt
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 metres, South
50 metres, South
50 metres, North
40 metres, North
Multiple Choice
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20 seconds
1 pt
Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity? Wind blowing at 20 knots
Scalar
Vector
Multiple Choice
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20 seconds
1 pt
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
Multiple Choice
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1 minute
1 pt
A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the distance it traveled?
30 km, West
60 km. East
90 km
150 km
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
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
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
An airplane traveling north at 220 meters per second encounters a 50.0-meters-per-second crosswind from west to east.
170 m/s
214 m/s
226 m/s
270 m/s
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
Which statement describes a vector?
It has magnitude but no direction
It has direction but no magnitude
It has both direction and magnitude
It has constant magnitude but no direction
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
What is the unit for acceleration?
m/s
ms
m/s/s
mss
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following quantities are vectors?
speed, velocity, acceleration
velocity, acceleration, force
force, acceleration, mass
length, mass, time
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
The speedometer on your car tells you
average velocity
instantaneous velocity
average speed
instantaneous speed
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?
Mass and time
Temperature and mass
Mass and distance
Distance and time
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
240 m/s
15 m/s
0.067 m/s
15 mph
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
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A measurement of how fast an object is moving
Velocity
Speed
Vector
Acceleration
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30 seconds
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A description of the speed and direction of an object's motion
Velocity
Speed
Acceleration
Vector
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30 seconds
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The unit we use to measure acceleration is ___.
meters / second
meters
seconds
meters / second / second
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30 seconds
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Acceleration is a change in ________.
direction
speed
velocity
distance
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30 seconds
1 pt
You are walking in a straight line at a consistent speed. Do you have acceleration?
no
yes
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
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As you walk you make a right turn. Do you have acceleration?
yes
no
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
1 pt
A negative acceleration means that your object is _____.
Going to Wal-mart
running for president
speeding up
slowing down
Multiple Choice
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30 seconds
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Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in
time of motion to another place.
velocity
distance
speed
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45 seconds
1 pt
a vector with an angle= 40° NW
Multiple Choice
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45 seconds
1 pt
a vector with an angle= 60° SW
Multiple Choice
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