Displacement & Distance (Comprehension)

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

The scientific (SI) unit for measuring distance is the ________ .

• mile
• foot
• kilometer
• meter

Displacement is distance combined with

• direction
• speed
• velocity
• magnitude

Tags

CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

Scott drives a Jeep 12 km east, then 4 km north, then finally 3 km west. He traveled a total distance of:

• 5 km
• 10 km
• 13 km
• 19 km

A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. It traveled a total distance of:

• 9 meters
• 6 meters
• 3 meters
• 0 meters

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

Acceleration can be... (select all that apply)

• speeding up

• slowing down

• staying at constant speed

• changing directions

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Velocity is different from speed because...

• Velocity is distance/time. Speed is displacement/time.

• Velocity is speed in a certain direction and can be positive or negative.

• Speed is velocity in a certain direction. Both can only be positive.

• Velocity is how much speed changes over time.

Tags

CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

The slope of this position vs time graph is...

• Constant

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• 0

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

A change in velocity requires the application of a ___________.

• sound

• magnet

• forehead

• force (push or pull)