Motion and Displacement Quiz

The direction and length of a straight line from the starting point to the ending point of an object's motion is ___.

• Direction

• Distance

• Displacement

• Vector

How far (total) an object has moved is ___.

• Direction

• Distance

• Displacement

• Vector

A person walks 1 mile every day for exercise, leaving her front porch at 9:00 am and returning to her front porch at 9:25 am. What is the total displacement of her daily walk?

• 1 mile

• 0

• 25 minutes

• None of the above

What is the girl's displacement from her starting point to the pet store?

• 0 blocks

• 1 block north

• 1 block south

• 2 blocks south

Calculate the distance she walked in blocks.

• 10 blocks

• 12 blocks

• 14 blocks

• 16 blocks

What is the total distance covered if a person walks 3 blocks north, 4 blocks east, and then 3 blocks south?

• 7 blocks

• 10 blocks

• 14 blocks

• 0 blocks

If a car travels 5 km east and then 5 km west, what is its displacement?

• 10 km

• 5 km west

• 5 km east

• 0 km

Which of the following best describes displacement?

• The speed of an object

• The time taken to travel a distance

• The change in position of an object

• The total path length traveled

What is the total distance traveled here?

According to the graph how far does the person travel in the first 5 seconds?

• 2 m
• 10 m
• 0 m
• 5 m