General Physics Examination b. The magnitude of the displacement vector from the high ______ 15.

splacement vector from the high ______ 15. A football is passed to a receiver and is initially traveling
(Accuracy, Precision, Vectors, Scalars, Distance, Displacement) school to the grocery store is 25km. through the air with a velocity of 12 m/s north. The wind is blowing with
Name: ____________________ Date: _________ c. The magnitude of the displacement vector of the whole trip a velocity of 3 m/s 20 degrees southwest. What is the resulting velocity of
Grade and Section: __________ Score: ________ is 50km. the football?
d. The magnitude of the displacement vector from her house to a. 10 m/s
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your the grocery store is 10km. b. 9.24 m/s
answer on the space provided. ______ 9. The son of the Physics Teacher, Ross, is driving in his car to c. 9.12 m/s
______ 1. How close a measurement is to the true value is called ___. take care of some errands. The first errand has him driving to a location 2 d. 10.24 m/s
a. accuracy c. significant km East and 6 km North of his starting location. Once he completes that
b. precision d. estimate errand, he drives to the second one which is 4 km East and 2 km South of
______ 2. When a measurement is repeatable and consistent it is said to the first errand. What is the magnitude of the vector that describes how far
have _____. the car has traveled from its starting point?
a. high precision c. high accuracy a. 6.6 km
b. low precision d. low accuracy b. 7.2 km
______ 3. Which of the following are vector quantities? c. 8 km
I. The velocity of a Frisbee d. 10.5 km
II. The width of a crater made by an asteroid ______ 10. What is the displacement of the cross – country team if they
III. The speed of a car on the highway begin at the school, run 10 – miles and finish back at the school?
IV. The displacement of a billiard ball after it is stuck by the cue a. The displacement of the runner is 0 miles.
ball b. The displacement of the runner is 10 miles.
c. The displacement of the runner is 5 miles.
a. I only c. I and IV d. The displacement of the runner is 15 miles.
b. I and II d. II and III ______ 11. It refers to how much ground an object has covered during its
______ 4. Which of the following groups are vector quantities? motion.
a. Velocity, Displacement, Energy a. distance
b. Momentum, Acceleration, Work b. displacement
c. Weight, Momentum, Displacement c. estimate
d. Power, Force, Acceleration d. error
______ 5. Which of these express a vector quantity? ______ 12. It refers to the object’s overall change in position.
a. 10 kg a. distance
b. 10 kg to the north b. displacement
c. 10 m/s c. estimate
d. 10 m/s to the east d. error
______ 6. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity? ______ 13. Bill runs 400 meters to Andy’s house, turns around, and runs
a. Area c. Velocity 400 meters back home. What is Bill’s distance?
b. Mass d. Distance a. 0 meters
______ 7. The vector sum (magnitude only) of 25.0m, north + 18.0m, East b. 400 meters
is ______ m. c. 800 meters
a. 7.00 m c. 30.8 m d. 1600 meters
b. 21.5 m d. 35.8 m ______ 14. A group of students are told to use a meter stick to find the
______ 8. A Physics teacher, Ross, drove to his high school which is length of a hallway. They make 6 independent measurements: 4.402 m,
located 15km East from his house. After school, he drove to his children’s 4.217 m, 4.345 m, 4.925 m, 4.372 m, and 4.289 m. How should they report
elementary school which is 10km South from his high school. Then, he their best estimate of the length of the hallway?
drove to a grocery store, located 15km West from the elementary school. a. 𝐿 = 4.33 ± 0.03 𝑚
Finally, he drove back to home with his kids and several grocery bags. b. 𝐿 = 4.43 ± 0.25 𝑚
Choose a true statement from the following: c. 𝐿 = 4.325 ± 0.073 𝑚
a. The total distance he traveled from his house to elementary
d. 𝐿 = 4.425 ± 0.0024𝑚
school is 18km.