Distance vs Displacement Review

On the way to lunch, you walked 50 meters before realizing that you left your lunchbox in the classroom. You turned around and walked back to your starting point. What is the distance that you traveled?

• 50 m

• 0 m

• 100 m

• -50 m

On the way to lunch, you walked 50 meters before realizing that you left your lunchbox in the classroom. You turned around and walked back to your starting point. What is your displacement?

• 50 m

• 0 m

• 100 m

• -50 m

This term is described as the place where the position has a value of zero.

This term is described as the TOTAL distance traveled while the object was in motion.

This term is described as the distance between the starting point and the ending point, regardless of the total area covered.

When running laps around the football field, you start running at the area on the track closest to the scoreboard and stop in the same exact place. What would be your displacement?

• 0 m

• 100 m

• 25 m

• not enough information

How does distance and displacement relate to one another?

• the distance can be smaller than the displacement

• the distance and displacement will always be equal

• the displacement can be smaller than the distance

• the distance and displacement will always be different values

You and your friend meet up during class change. When separating to go to class, your friend walks 90 meters to the math hall and you walk 40 meters to Ms. Whitley's room. What is your distance traveled after meeting up with your friend?

• 30 m

• 90 m

• 130 m

• 40 m

On your way home from school, you decide to take the long way and travel the route that goes through the park. Is this route more, less, or the same as the route that goes straight from the school to home?

• more distance

• less distance

• same distance

• not enough information

After school, you go home to change your shoes before going to the park. What is your displacement between home and the park?

• 5 km

• 3 km

• 2 km

• 7 km