Distance and Displacement

What distance did the creature travel?

• 23 m

• 9 m

• -9 m

• -23 m

What is the creature's final displacement?

• 23 m

• 9 m

• -9 m

• -23 m

At what position did the creature change direction?

• -7 m

• 9 m

• 2 m

• 16 m

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Negative displacement means the object is

• moving to the right.

• moving to the left.

• slowing down.

• negative displacement is not possible.

If you check the odometer (it counts the miles) on your car to see how far you've gone, you just found the _____ you travelled.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Position

• Time

What is the creature's final displacement?

• 7 m

• 3 m

• -3 m

• -7 m

What distance did the creature travel?

• 7 m

• 3 m

• -3 m

• -7 m

Distance

• Total length of the path travelled

• How far an object is from its starting point

• Location of an object relative to a defined zero point

Displacement

• Total length of the path travelled

• How far an object is from its starting point

• Location of an object relative to a defined zero point

Object C had an initial position of 2 m and a final position of 10 m. The displacement of object C can be shown with this equation: Displacement = final position - initial position
What was the displacement of object C?

• +6 m
• +8 m
• -4 m
• -2 m