Distance and displacement

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

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

 Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800
• 400
• 0
• 200

Tags

CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

Straight line from the objects original position

• distance

• displacement

• direction

• vector

The total amount that an object has moved from start to finish

• distance

• dispacement

• vector

• direction

Distance is

• how far you are from where you started.

• the total amount traveled by an object.

• always the same as displacement

• always negatice

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

• displacement
• distance
• motion
• reference point

Tags

CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

Displacement vectors of 4 Km south, 2 Km north, 5 km south, and 5 km north combine to a total displacement of

• 16 Km north

• 11 Km west

• 6 Km south

• 2 Km south

Tags

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4A

CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4B

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

• total distance you travelled

• distance and direction of the straight line from start to end

• distance in a straight line from start to end

• direction from start to end

You travel 30 miles west of your home. You turn around and start back home. After traveling 10 miles east, what is your displacement from home?

• 40 miles west

• 20 miles east

• 20 miles

• 20 miles west

A system of objects not moving with respect to one another

• relative motion

• frame of reference

• vector

• displacement