2110 Test 1 Conceptual Review Questions

Chapter 1
1. What are the SI units for length, mass, and time?

2. What do each of the following prefixes mean:

kilo-,centi-, milli-, micro-, nano-

3. What does it mean than an equation is dimensionally consistent?

4. When resolving a vector A into components, describe how you find the x and ycomponents of the vector, first if the angle is given with respect to the horizontal axis and
then if the angle is given with respect to the vertical axis.

5. If you have the components Ax and Ay, how do you find the magnitude of the vector
and the angle?

6. If you have two vectors and, how would you add the two vectors graphically? How do
you subtract them graphically?

7. If you have the components of vector (Ax and Ay) and the components of vector (Bx and
By), how do you find the components of the vector? How do you find the components of?

8. Given the components of a vector Ax and Ay how do you write this vector in unit vector
notation?

Chapter 2
1. There are two things to say about the velocity when the acceleration is zero. What are
they? When the acceleration is zero, the velocity is called a ____________ velocity.

2. When you take the slope between two points on a position time graph, what do you
get? When you take the slope of a tangent line on a position time graph, what do you
get?

3. When you take the slope between two points on a velocity time graph, what do you
get? When you take the slope of a tangent line on a velocity time graph, what do you
get?

4. (Circle the option that makes the correct statement.) For motion in a straight line, when
an object is speeding up, the velocity and acceleration vectors point in the same direction
/ point in opposite directions. For motion in a straight line, when an object is slowing
down, the velocity and acceleration vectors point in point in the same direction / point
in opposite directions.
5. When an object reaches its maximum height in a free fall problem, the velocity at that
instant is _______, and the acceleration is __________.
6. The area under a velocity vs. time curve tells us what? The area under an acceleration
vs. time curve tells us what?

Chapter 3
1. (T/F) The velocity vector always points in the direction of a particles motion.
2. (T/F) The acceleration vector always points in the direction of a particles motion.
3. The component of acceleration that is parallel to the velocity vector changes what?

4. The component of acceleration that is perpendicular to the velocity vector changes

what?
5. For projectile motion, the horizontal acceleration is __________ and the vertical
acceleration is __________.
6. For projectile motion, the horizontal component of the velocity is ___________ and
the vertical is ___________.
7. At the top of the trajectory, the vertical component of the velocity is __________.
Table of Variables and Units

Quantity

Variable

Position, x axis
Position, y axis
Position vector
Time
Velocity, x axis
Velocity, y axis
Velocity vector
Acceleration x axis
Acceleration vector

SI Units