Distance and Displacement

Multiple Choice

A vector quantity has

• direction only

• magnitude only

• both direction and magnitude

• none of the answers are correct

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is "how far"?

• Distance

• Velocity

• Acceleration

• Displacement

Multiple Choice

A car is driving down the highway. From which frame of reference does it appear to NOT be moving?

• standing at the side of the road

• a car driving at the same speed but going in the opposite direction

• sitting inside the car

• an airplane flying overhead

Multiple Choice

The SI unit of distance that would be the MOST appropriate for measuring the distance between two cities is the

• meter.

• centimeter.

• kilometer.

• mile.

Multiple Choice

If you walk across town, taking many turns, your displacement is the

• total distance that you traveled.

• distance and direction of a straight line from your starting point to your ending point.

• distance in a straight line from your starting point to your ending point.

• direction from your starting point to your ending point.

Multiple Choice

You travel 30 km West of your home and then turn around and go East for 10 km. What is your displacement from your home.

• 20 km

• 20 km, West

• 40 km

• 40 km, West