Distance and Displacement

It refers to the entire path or length of the object travelled.

• DISTANCE

• METER

• FRAME OF REFERENCE

• DISPLACEMENT

It only have magnitude but no direction.

• Vector Quantity

• Scalar Quantity

• Displacement

Rain walks in a road 10 meters East, then 5 meters West. What is his total distance?

• 5 meters

• 15 meters East - West

• 15 meters

• 5 meters East -West

A vector quantity that describes the shortest distance between the initial position and the final position of an object, plus the direction to where the object is moving to.

• Distance

• Motion

• Displacement

• Frame of Reference

Which of the following shows displacement?

• 8.5 km

• 10 mph

• 11 kg

• 0.5 km, North