Motion Pt 1 (Distance, Displacement, Speed)

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

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

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

• 800
• 400
• 0
• 200

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

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

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

• 2 km

• 5 km

• 8 km

• 10 km

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CCSS.2.MD.A.3

A person walks 50 meters directly north, stops, and then travels 32 meters directly south. What is their displacement?

• 82 meters North

• 18 meters North

• 28 meters South

• 18 meters South

Sara walks from Point A to Point B. Which is true?

• Distance and displacement are EQUAL
• Distance is less than displacement

Cade is learning physics vocabulary. He knows that displacement means which of the following?

• distance 1/2 way between starting and ending points

• 2 times the speed of a nonmoving object

• his change in position

• the distance between starting and ending point

What is a difference between distance and displacement

• Distance is measured in seconds and displacement is measured in meters

• Distance is always shorter than displacement

• Displacement can be equal to zero if the object ends in the place it began in

• Distance can be equal to infinite when only a small distance has been travelled

An astronaut travels at a speed of 400 m/s for 250 seconds, what is the total distance he traveled?

• 0.625 m

• 100,000 m

• 1.6 m

• 650 m

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

How many seconds does it take to travel 800 cm at a speed of 25 cm/s?

• 32 s

• 20,000 s

• 0.03 s

• 25 s