Distance vs. Displacement: Key Concepts in Physics

What is the total distance traveled by a car moving from Point A to Point B?

• 100 meters

• 200 meters

• 50 meters

• 150 meters

What additional information is needed to describe displacement compared to distance?

• Altitude

• Speed

• Time

• Direction

What term is used to describe measurements that include direction?

• Scalar

• Vector

• Unit

• Magnitude

If a car travels 100 meters east, what is this measurement called?

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Speed

• Distance

What is the term for a measurement that does not include direction?

• Vector

• Scalar

• Magnitude

• Unit

What is the total distance traveled by a car that moves from Point A to Point B (100 meters) and then back to a midpoint (50 meters)?

• 100 meters

• 50 meters

• 150 meters

• 200 meters

What is the displacement of a car that travels from Point A to Point B (100 meters) and then back to a midpoint (50 meters)?

• 150 meters east

• 100 meters east

• 0 meters

• 50 meters east

If a car travels 100 meters east and then 50 meters west, what is its total displacement?

• 150 meters west

• 50 meters west

• 150 meters east

• 50 meters east

What is the total distance of a 400 meter race around a track?

• 400 meters

• 300 meters

• 200 meters

• 100 meters

What is the displacement of a runner who completes a 400 meter race around a track?

• 0 meters

• 100 meters

• 400 meters

• 200 meters