Vector or Scalar
Is displacement a scalar or a vector quantity?
What is a VECTOR?
This formula is used to find average velocity.
What is Vavg=
(Deltax)/(Deltat)
An object travels 20 meters in 4 seconds. What is its average velocity?
What is 5 m/s?
This describes an object's location compared to a chosen reference point.
What is position?
This is the SI base unit for length.
What is the meter (m)?
Is speed a scalar or a vector quantity?
What is a scalar?
This formula is used to find average acceleration.
What is aavg=
(Deltav)/(Deltat)
A runner's velocity changes from 4 m/s to 10 m/s in 3 seconds. What is the runner's average acceleration?
What is 2 m/s²?
This is the total length of the path an object travels, regardless of direction.
What is distance?
This is the SI base unit for time.
What is the second (s)?
Is acceleration a scalar or a vector, and what does its direction tell you?
What is a vector; its direction tells you the direction of the change in velocity?
This formula finds displacement when you know the final and initial positions.
What is xf-xi =
Deltax
An object starts at 5 meters and ends at 25 meters. What is its displacement?
What is 20 meters?
This describes how quickly an object's position changes with time.
What is velocity?
These are the digits in a measurement that are known with certainty plus one estimated digit.
What are significant figures?
Is distance a scalar or a vector quantity, and how does it differ from displacement?
What is a scalar; distance measures total path traveled, while displacement includes direction?
This formula finds distance between any two points
What is
sqrt(x^2+y^2
A car travels 60 meters in 5 seconds. What is its average velocity?
What is 12 m/s?
This describes how quickly an object's velocity changes with time.
What is acceleration?
When multiplying or dividing measurements, the final answer should have this many significant figures.
What is the same number of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest?
Is momentum a scalar or a vector quantity, and what determines its direction?
Hint: momentum=mass*velocity
What is a vector; its direction is the same as the object's velocity?
This formula gives the instantaneous velocity, or velocity at a specific moment, using position and time.
What is
v=\frac{dx}{dt}
?
A car has an initial velocity of 10 m/s, accelerates at 2 m/s² for 5 seconds, and continues in the same direction. What is its final velocity?
What is 20 m/s?
This is the velocity or acceleration of an object at one specific moment in time, rather than over a time interval.
What is instantaneous velocity or instantaneous acceleration?
When adding or subtracting measurements, the final answer is rounded based on this place value.
What is the least precise decimal place?
An object's velocity is zero at a particular instant. Does that necessarily mean its acceleration is also zero?
What is no, an object can have zero instantaneous velocity while still having acceleration?
An object's initial velocity is 5 m/s and its acceleration is 3 m/s². After 4 seconds, what is its final velocity?
What is 17 m/s?
An object travels in a circle at a constant speed. Is its velocity constant?
What is no, because its velocity is changing direction?
This is the rotational equivalent of linear velocity and describes how quickly an object’s angular position changes with respect to time.
What is angular velocity?
How many significant figures are in 0.0040500 m?
What is 5 significant figures?