PIEAS Science General MCQs

Slope gives change in displacement per unit time.
That is the definition of velocity.

Displacement is a vector from initial to final position.
It can be zero even when distance traveled is not zero.

Distance is a scalar and depends on the actual path.
It is always nonnegative.

Average speed uses total path length.
It does not depend on direction.

Average velocity is a vector based on net displacement.
A round trip can have zero average velocity.

Vector addition replaces multiple vectors with an equivalent single vector.
Its direction and magnitude depend on the original vectors.

Perpendicular vector components form a right triangle.
The resultant magnitude is found from the sum of squared components.

One kilometre equals 1,000 metres.
Therefore 3.5 km = 3.5×1,000 = 3,500 m.

One metre equals 100 centimetres.
Therefore 250 cm ÷ 100 = 2.5 m.

Percentage uncertainty is absolute uncertainty divided by measured value times 100.
0.2/10.0×100 = 2%.

Percentage error is |48-50|/50×100.
The result is 2/50×100 = 4%.

Move the decimal four places to the right to obtain 7.2.
Therefore the exponent is -4.