MCT 4C1
VECTOR UNIT CHECKLIST
By the end of the unit you should be able to:
Define and give examples of scalar and vector quantities
Describe the magnitude and direction of a vector in words
Draw a vector given its magnitude and direction
Explain the difference between distance and displacement
Define what a zero vector is.
Define what it means for vectors to be equal
Draw a vector diagram given a bearing or a direction and a magnitude
Describe a vector given its endpoints in 3 ways
Describe a vector in terms of its perpendicular components
Resolve forces using components
Perform vector addition using the parallelogram law
Perform vector addition using the triangle law
Draw a scalar multiple of a vector
Draw vector diagrams involving the addition of two or more vectors
Solve word problems involving vector addition