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WorksheetsPosition, Displacement and Distance
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following would be a scalar value?
Displacement
Distance
Position
Velocity
A roadrunner travels 100m [East] then 300m [West]. What is its distance?
300 m
200 m
400 m
30 000 m
Dash from the Incredibles runs 5 km [North] and then 20 km [South]. What is its displacement?
15 km [South]
25 km [South]
15 km [North]
25 km [North]
Penelope is initially 100 km [West] of TO. She displaces 250 km [East]. Find final position.
25 km [West]
150 km [East]
350 km [East]
25 000 km [West]
In a 2 000 m race the athletes complete 5 laps around the 400 m long track. Find displacement.
400 m
2 000 m
0 m
4 000 m
Athletes complete 3.75 laps around a 400 m long track ending up 100 m [East]. Find distance.
375 m
400 m
500 m
1500 m
What is the location of an object relative to some reference point called in physics?
Distance
Displacement
Length
Position
A pony travels 1.2 km [W] then 0.5 km [N] and ends up 1.3 km [W 22.6o N]. Find distance.
0.7 km or 700 m
1.3 km or 1300 m
1.7 km or 1700 m
3.0 or 3000m
What type of measured value has magnitude, units and direction?
Vector
Scalar
Qualiative
Quantitive
From an initial position 0m, A person walks 50 meters directly South, stops, and then travels back 32 meters North. Based on their final location, what is their displacement?
28 m [S]
18 m [S]
18 m [N]
82 m [S]
