Distance, Displacement, Speed and Velocity Quiz

What is a difference between distance and displacement

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

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

• Distance is always shorter than displacement

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

Which one of these is scalar?

• Speed

• Displacement

Which one of these is vector?

• distance

• displacement

What does magnitude mean?

• size

• unit of measure

• point of view

• level of significance

Vector quantities need both a magnitude and a _____.

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?

• 0 m

• 800 m

• 400 m

• 1600 m

What is speed?

• how far you go

• how fast you accelerate

• how much distance is covered over a period of time

• the change in the location of a object

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

• 240 m/s

• 0.067 s

• 15 m/s

• 15 mph

How do you calculate velocity?

• Distance divided by time.

• Speed multiplied by time.

• Displacement divided by velocity.

• Displacement divided by time.

What two measurements are necessary for calculating speed?

• Mass and time

• Mass and distance

• Temperature and mass

• Distance and time