Vector Test

Question 1

graphical method

Answer 1

drawing vectors on a graph and adding them using the head-to-tail method

Question 2

resultant vector

Answer 2

a single vector that produces the same effect as is produced by a number of vectors collectively

Question 3

head (of a vector)

Answer 3

the pointed end of an arrow

Question 4

tail

Answer 4

the starting point of the vector

Question 5

head to tail method

Answer 5

a graphical way to add vectors

Question 6

vector addition

Answer 6

the operation of adding two or more vectors together into a vector sum

Question 7

resultant

Answer 7

sum of the vectors

Question 8

vector subtraction

Answer 8

the process of taking a vector difference, the inverse operation to vector addition

Question 9

What does a vector quantity have

Answer 9

magnitude and direction

Question 10

Examples of vectors

Answer 10

displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force

Question 11

Motion in 2 dimensions can be analyzed by considering

Answer 11

the horizontal and vertical vector components independently

Question 12

Examples of non vectors

Answer 12

mass, time, distance, speed, volume, radiation

Question 13

equilibrant

Answer 13

the vectors which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the resultant