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What is the term that refers to a magnitude, but without a direction?
Scalar
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Jasmine walked 3 km North and then 4 km south. What distance did she travel?
7 km
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An ant crawled on a ruler towards the East from 0 to 7 cm, then back west to 2 cm. What is the ant's displacement?
2 cm East
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A train travels 400m in 5 seconds what is its speed?
80m/s
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An ant travels 3 cm west in 3 seconds. What is the velocity?
1 cm/s west
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What is the term that refers to a magnitude with direction?
Vector
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A boat sails 15 km west, 10 km south, and then 5 km West again. What is the distance the boat traveled?
30 km
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Mason walked 2 km East and then 5 km West. What is his displacement?
3 km West
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A trains speed is 100 m/s. How far dos it travel in 3 seconds?
300m
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An ant crawled on a ruler towards the East from 0 to 7 cm, then back west to 2 cm. This took 1 minute. What is the ant's velocity?
2cm/ minute East
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This term refers to a scalar quantity that describes how far an object travels.
Distance
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Zayne travels 4 km south east, nd then 7 km north west. What distance did he travel?
11 km
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Zayne travels 4 km south east, nd then 7 km north west. What is his displacement?
3 km north west
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A rocket travels 200 km/s, how long will it take to go 1000km?
5 s
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Zayne travels 4 km south east, nd then 7 km north west. This took him 1 hr. What is his velocity?
3 km/ hr north west
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What is the term that refers to a vector quantity that describes how far an object ends up away from its starting point.
Displacement
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Sofia runs 200 meters south, 32 meters east, 17 meters East, and then 6 meters west. What distance did she travel?
255 meters
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Julia was lost and drove 7 km East, 3 Km West, and then 6 km East again. What is her displacement?
10 km East
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A boat travels 30 km/ minute. how far will it get in an hour?
1800 km
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Mason walked 2 km East and then 5 km West. This took him 3 hrs. What is his velocity?
1km / hr West
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This is a vector quantity that describes how much an object travels in a particular direction over a certain amount of time
Velocity
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Jesus runs 2 miles south, 1 mile East, 2 miles North, and then 1 mile West. What distance did he run?
6 miles
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A rocket travels at 325 km/ second. How far will it get in 1 minute?
19500 km
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