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Week 2 - Distance vs Displacement

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sum of all movements from start to the end of motion is best described as____.

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

motion

d)

donkey

2.
Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?
a)
10
b)
7
c)
8
d)
6
3.

The change in an objects position from the final position to initial position.

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

motion

d)

reference point

4.
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home.  What is Bill's displacement?
a)
0 meters
b)
400 meters
c)
800 meters
d)
1600 meters
5.

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

a)

2 km

b)

5 km

c)

8 km

d)

10 km

6.
A car drives 84 meters forward.  It's displacement and distance would be the same.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

1. Amy runs 2 miles south, then turns around and runs 3 miles north. What is displacement?

a)

5 miles North

b)

1 mile North

c)

2 miles South

d)

1 mile

8.
Vector quantities need both a magnitude and a _____.
a)
distance
b)
displacement
c)
direction
d)
velocity
9.
What is the difference between a theory and a law?
a)
The amount of evidence
b)
Theories can be proven wrong and Laws can't
c)
Theories address why something occurs and laws just tell what occurs
d)
laws can be broken but theories cannot
10.
You walk outside and see a bright object in the sky, you think its a satellite.  What you just did is called ....
a)
hypothesis
b)
made an inference
c)
made observations only.
d)
formed a thoery
11.
There are 56 blue Woodland Cowboy football players on the field.  The "56" is what type of observation?
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
c)
numeralative
d)
irrelevant 
12.

Years of data show that the earth's crust rests on moving plates which slowly grind past one another over time. This statement would be classified as a(n) _____

a)

hypothesis

b)

theory

c)

law

d)

inference

13.

All observations show that the universe is expanding at a fixed rate. This statement would be know as a...

a)

Law

b)

Theory

c)

Hypotheisis

d)

Observation

14.

What is a hypothesis?

a)

an explanation about what you observed

b)

using your 5 senses to gather data

c)

the thing changed on purpose in the experiment

d)

an educated guess about what will happen in the experiment.

15.

What is the difference between a theory and a hypothesis

a)

These are the same thing.

b)

A theory has been proven true, while a hypothesis still requires proof.

c)

Theories can be wrong while hypothesis are proven correct.

d)

A theory still requires proof while a a hypothesis requires testing

16.

A man walks 5 miles forwards, 6 miles backwards and then 2 miles forwards. What is his displacement?

a)

1 mile forward

b)

13 miles

c)

3 miles forward

d)

1 mile

17.

What does scientist call data that is collected that is subjective and rely on the senses are called______.

a)

qualitative observations

b)

qualitative inferences

c)

qualitative inference

d)

subjective observables.

18.

While walking down the hall you step off 14 paces. You realize you dropped something and walk back 5 paces to pick it up. After picking up the item, you walk in the original direction 13 paces. What is your distance traveled?

a)

32 paces

b)

21 paces

c)

19 paces

d)

negative 4 paces