Position, Displacement and Distance

Which of the following would be a scalar value?

• Displacement

• Distance

• Position

• Velocity

A roadrunner travels 100m [East] then 300m [West]. What is its distance?

• 300 m

• 200 m

• 400 m

• 30 000 m

Dash from the Incredibles runs 5 km [North] and then 20 km [South]. What is its displacement?

• 15 km [South]

• 25 km [South]

• 15 km [North]

• 25 km [North]

Penelope is initially 100 km [West] of TO. She displaces 250 km [East]. Find final position.

• 25 km [West]

• 150 km [East]

• 350 km [East]

• 25 000 km [West]

In a 2 000 m race the athletes complete 5 laps around the 400 m long track. Find displacement.

• 400 m

• 2 000 m

• 0 m

• 4 000 m

Athletes complete 3.75 laps around a 400 m long track ending up 100 m [East]. Find distance.

• 375 m

• 400 m

• 500 m

• 1500 m

What is the location of an object relative to some reference point called in physics?

• Distance

• Displacement

• Length

• Position

A pony travels 1.2 km [W] then 0.5 km [N] and ends up 1.3 km [W 22.6o N]. Find distance.

• 0.7 km or 700 m

• 1.3 km or 1300 m

• 1.7 km or 1700 m

• 3.0 or 3000m

What type of measured value has magnitude, units and direction?

• Vector

• Scalar

• Qualiative

• Quantitive

From an initial position 0m, A person walks 50 meters directly South, stops, and then travels back 32 meters North. Based on their final location, what is their displacement?

• 28 m [S]

• 18 m [S]

• 18 m [N]

• 82 m [S]