2.1 Day 1 Notes Distance & Displacement

Turn to page 7 of your Unit 2 notes packet. You will be completing the 8 problems on this page calculating both distance and displacement for each problem. What information do the directions tell you? (Select all that apply)

• Sketch a picture

• Show all your work

• You may need more paper

• You HAVE to use scratch paper.

Imagine being in a school bus looking down at your phone. All of a sudden you notice out of the corner of your eye that the bus is moving backward! You quickly glance up and realize the car beside you is just moving forward and the bus is not moving. Why did you think you were moving backward?

• Because you accidently used the car as a reference point for the moving bus.

• Because you used the road as a reference point all the vehicles moving.

• Because you used the bus as a reference point for the moving car.

• You have no clue what a reference point is and need to rewind the video.

What does the triangle (called delta) represent? (Select two)

• Same

• Add

• Change

• Difference

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does the triangle (called delta) represent? (Chose 3)

• Distance

• Difference

• Displacement

• Change

• Same

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

What did she do to find the displacement?

• divided the two numbers

• multiplied the two numbers

• subtracted the two numbers

• added the two numbers

When is the ONLY time you will need to use the Pythagorean Theorem for displacement?

• All the time

• When an object moves at a right angle

• When an object moves backward

• When an object moves up and then back down

What total distance does this delivery truck drive?

• 4 miles

• 6 miles

• 2 miles

• 10 miles

Have you written out all the steps to this example in your notes?

• Yes

• No