Vector or Scalar
Types of Forces
Distance and Displacement
Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
Motion Graph and Free Fall
100
This type of quantity is described by magnitude alone, without a direction.
What is a scalar?
100
This force is a direct push or pull exerted on an object by a person or another object.
What is Applied Force?
100
This scalar quantity refers to the total path length traveled by an object.
What is distance?
100
This is the standard SI unit used to measure acceleration.
What is m/s2?
100
What is constant speed?
200
Displacement, velocity, and force are all examples of this type of quantity.
What is a vector?
200
This force acts perpendicular to a surface, "pushing back" against an object resting on it.
What is Normal Force?
200
If you walk 10 meters East and 10 meters West, this is your total displacement.
What is zero?
200
This is the acceleration of any object in "free fall" near Earth's surface.
What is 9.8 m/s2?
200
What is stationary?
300
This is the term for the single vector that represents the sum of two or more vectors.
What is the resultant?
300
This force always acts in the opposite direction of an object's motion or intended motion.
What is Frictional Force?
300
This vector quantity is defined as the straight-line "change in position" from start to finish.
What is displacement?
300
This term refers to the speed of an object at one specific moment in time—exactly what you’d see on a car's speedometer.
What is instantaneous speed?
300
On a v-t graph, a diagonal line with a negative slope indicates the object is doing this.
What is slowing down?
400
Mass is scalar; this force, which depends on gravity, is a vector.
What is weight?
400
This force is transmitted through a string, rope, cable, or wire when it is pulled tight.
What is Tension?
400
A car travels 60 miles north and 80 miles east. Its displacement is 100 miles. This quantity represents the total path the car actually traveled.
What is 140 miles?
400
A car traveling at 20m/s2 slams on the brakes and comes to a complete stop in 4 seconds. This is the car’s acceleration.
What is -5m/s2?
400
The slope of a Velocity - Time graph represents this.
What is acceleration?
500
This is the specific term for a single vector that is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the resultant force, effectively bringing the net force to zero.
What is balanced force?
500
This is the term for a diagram showing all the forces acting on a single object.
What is a Free-Body Diagram (FBD)?
500
This is the displacement of an athlete who runs exactly three and a half laps around a 400m circular track.
What is 200 meters?
500
A racecar starts from rest and reaches a speed of 40 m/s in 5 seconds. This is the car’s acceleration.
What is 8 m/s²?
500
A horizontal line on a Velocity - Time (v-t) graph indicates this acceleration value.
What is zero acceleration?