Distance & Displacement Science 7

TOTAL length of path covered by an object, WITHOUT specific direction.

• Acceleration

• Distance

• Travel

OVERALL change in position of an object in a SPECIFIC direction. Also known as "shortcut travel".

• Displacement

• Graph

• Time

Mr. Ant traveled 2-Km North and 3-Km East. What is his TOTAL distance travelled?

• 2 Kilometer

• 3 Kilometer

• 5 Kilometer

Mrs. Ant traveled 3-Km EAST and go back 3-Km WEST. What is her DISPLACEMENT?

• 0

• 3

• 6

Distance and Displacement are THE SAME and EQUAL.

• True

• False