9 Displacement and Velocity

Object B had an initial position of 12 m and a final position of 7 m. The displacement of object C can be shown with this equation: Displacement = final position - initial position
What was the displacement of object B?

• +5 m
• - 6 m
• -5 m
• +6 m

Object C had an initial position of 2 m and a final position of 10 m. The displacement of object C can be shown with this equation: Displacement = final position - initial position
What was the displacement of object C?

• +6 m
• +8 m
• -4 m
• -2 m

Displacement

• Total length of the path travelled

• How far an object is from its starting point

• Location of an object relative to a defined zero point

Distance

• Total length of the path travelled

• How far an object is from its starting point

• Location of an object relative to a defined zero point

What is the creature's starting position?

• 6 m

• -3 m

• 1 m

• 3 m

If you draw a straight line on a map to see how far you are from where you started, you just found your ______.

• Distance

• Displacement

• Position

• Time

Negative displacement means the object is

• moving to the right.

• moving to the left.

• slowing down.

• negative displacement is not possible.

At what position did the creature change direction?

• -7 m

• 9 m

• 2 m

• 16 m

 Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800
• 400
• 0
• 200

Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?

• 2 km

• 5 km

• 8 km

• 10 km