QUIZ: Distance & displacement (plus vocabulary) -Read CAREFULLY!

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10

• 7

• 8

• 6

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point

• displacement
• distance
• motion
• reference point

Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement? (Draw a diagram to show your work)

• 800

• 400

• 0

• 200

How far an object has moved? This describes __________.

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

• 7 km
• 3 km
• 4 km
• 1 km

1. Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement? (Draw a diagram to show your work)

• 5 miles South

• 1 mile North

• 2 miles North

• 3 miles South

Ray runs 30 feet north, 30 feet west, and then 30 feet south. What is the distance?

• 90 feet

• 30 feet

• 60 feet

• 0 feet

1. Ray runs 30 feet north, 30 feet west, and then 30 feet south. What is the displacement? (Draw a diagram to show your work)

• 30 feet west

• 90 feet

• 30 feet south

• 0 feet

_____ is how fast an object moves in a specific direction.

• velocity

• speed

• displacement

• distance

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's distance? (Draw a diagram to show your work)

• 0 meters

• 400 meters

• 800 meters

• 1600 meters