2.4 - Vectors

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A scalar is a quantity with _______.
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Magnitude tells...

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What are some things that are described by scalars?

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Vectors have magnitude and _______.
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A and Y is called the "coordiante basis" because...

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can also be written as
which is also called an "________"

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When you are facing the other way, you percieve the coordinates in an __________; X and Y are now called "

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This is you
but your friend's motion will be written in an opposite array, with an opposite coordinate basis.

Draw the opposite array with the opposite coordinate basis

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Although these arrays are opposite, what is the same

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When force, a vector is combined with another vector that provides orientation, we have the physical quantity called "_________"

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Graph the following array and write the opposite array

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Graph the following array and write the opposite array

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Graph the following array and write the opposite array

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A scalar does not depend on _____.

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All of the following are scalar values EXCEPT ____.

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Which of the following measurements is a scalar measurement?

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Scalar or Vector: The airplane was flying 500 miles per hour due west from New York to California.

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Scalar or Vector: The 5000 pound car was sitting in the last parking space on the block.

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Scalar or Vector: The sprinter accelerated towards the finish line at a rate of 5 meters per second squared.

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Scalar or Vector: The object was pulled down to the Earth with the force of 5 Newtons.

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Scalar or Vector: The temperature in Hawaii was a pleasant 75 degrees F.

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Physical quantities are either scalars or vectors.

Select the row of the table which correctly identifies a scalar quantity and a vector quantity.