Scalar and Vector quantites

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Mechanics Quiz on Scalar and Vector quantites, created by ceemo_12 on 14/05/2013.
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Question 1

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What is a scalar quantity?
Answer
  • A quantity with magnitude but no direction.
  • A quantity with magnitude and direction.

Question 2

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What is a vector quantity?
Answer
  • A quantity with magnitude and direction.
  • A quantity with both magnitude and direction

Question 3

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Is velocity scalar or vector?
Answer
  • Scalar
  • Vector

Question 4

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How do you calculate the magnitude of a vector quantity?
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  • You use a right angle triangle with the known forces and calculate the hypotenuse with pythagoras' theorem.
  • leaving it blank

Question 5

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How do you calculate the direction of a vector quantity?
Answer
  • Use trigonometry.
  • Leave it blank

Question 6

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Is force a vector quantity?
Answer
  • Yes
  • No

Question 7

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Does a conker moving in a circle at a constant speed have a constant velocity?
Answer
  • No
  • Yes

Question 8

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When the conker has swung round the circle once and is back at it's starting point, what is it's total displacement? The circle has a circumference of x metres.
Answer
  • x meteres
  • 0 metres

Question 9

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Is the force in the string swinging the conker round a vector quantity?
Answer
  • No
  • Yes
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