Mission VP1: Direction of Vectors


Mission VP1 pertains to the counter-clockwise from east convention for describing the direction of a vector. The mission consists of 32 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

  • The student should be able to identify the direction of a vector (using the Cartesian coordinate system) if given a graphical representation of a vector.
  • The student should be able to identify the direction of a vector (using the Cartesian coordinate system) if given a graphical representation of the vector and surrounding (and sometimes distracting) vectors.


 

Launch Mission VP1



 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions Unit, Lesson 1, Part a
   

 

Video Tutorials:

Understanding Vectors and Their Direction

  


 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: