AP Physics - Summer Overview Study
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Vectors
Something w/ magnitude/size AND direction
Scalars
Something w/ only magnitude/size
If there is an item moved a certain distance, AND given direction…
it was displaced
Distance is a ______ quantity
scalar
Displacement is a __________ quantity
vector
If there is a TIME and a magnitude/size, then it is a _________ quantity
scalar, because it doesn’t have an exact direction
If a brick moved 5 m and the duration is 2 seconds, it is _________
scalar SPEED
If a brick moved 5 m N and the duration is 2 seconds, it is ___________
vector VELOCITY
Change in position (magnitude), and fixed direction =
displacement
Change in position (magnitude), but NO fixed direction =
distance
How fast something is going specified & direction =
velocity
How fast something is going, but NO direction =
speed