Vector Terminology
The numerical value associated with the length of a vector
What is the Magnitude?
A plane is flying at 300 miles per hour at 30 degrees north of east. What is the plane's northward velocity?
What is 150 MPH?
An amount of something
What is a Scalar?
Commonly confused with the term lava, this molten substance is distinguished from that name because it has not yet erupted.
What is Magma?
A numerical value which has no defined direction
What is a Scalar?
A gopher is in a tunnel and travels 3 meters horizontally then travels 20 degrees below the horizon for 4 meters. What is the magnitude of displacement of the gopher?
What is 6.9 meters
Featuring prominently in this movie, Vector acts as the main antagonist to a budding family of four.
What is Despicable Me?
The oldest ancestors of sharks are nearly 450 million years old, making them older than many things but including this type of tall, leafy plant.
What are trees?
The process of adding vectors together by connecting these two points
What is Tip to Tail
During a woman's daily routine, she walks 2km north and 3km east, then 1km north and 2km west, and finally 5 km south and 3 km east. What is the direction of her displacement at the end of this routine?
What is 26.56 degrees south of east?
"Work" is the amount of energy consumed by an action.
What is a Scalar
Though a small portion of Earth's atmosphere, this element makes up nearly 75% of all mass in the universe
What is Hydrogen?
When breaking a vector into components, it forms this shape
What is a Right Triangle?
In still water, a ship travels at 12 m/s. If the ship travels downstream at an angle of 45 degrees in a stream going 4m/s, what is the magnitude of the ship's velocity?
What is 15.1 m/s?
A "temperature gradient" is a measure of the change in temperature within a material.
What is a Vector?
Though now used commonly in medical facilities for internal imaging, the discovery of this technique was entirely accidental.
What are X-Rays?
This unique type of vector shares its name with this number, and represents a vector which, confusingly, has no direction.
What is Zero?
A bicycle tire with a radius of 0.4 meters rolls along the ground through three-quarters of a revolution. Consider the point on the tire that was originally touching the ground. How far has it displaced from its starting position?
What is 2.31 meters
Snap, Crackle, and Pop are all real physical quantities related to motion.
What are Vectors?
Recently discovered by the JWST, this type of stellar object is one proposed reason why supermassive black holes exist today.
What is a Black Hole Star?