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Position, Displacement and Distance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would be a scalar value?

a)

Displacement

b)

Distance

c)

Position

d)

Velocity

2.

A roadrunner travels 100m [East] then 300m [West]. What is its distance?

a)

300 m

b)

200 m

c)

400 m

d)

30 000 m

3.

Dash from the Incredibles runs 5 km [North] and then 20 km [South]. What is its displacement?

a)

15 km [South]

b)

25 km [South]

c)

15 km [North]

d)

25 km [North]

4.

Penelope is initially 100 km [West] of TO. She displaces 250 km [East]. Find final position.

a)

25 km [West]

b)

150 km [East]

c)

350 km [East]

d)

25 000 km [West]

5.

In a 2 000 m race the athletes complete 5 laps around the 400 m long track. Find displacement.

a)

400 m

b)

2 000 m

c)

0 m

d)

4 000 m

6.

Athletes complete 3.75 laps around a 400 m long track ending up 100 m [East]. Find distance.

a)

375 m

b)

400 m

c)

500 m

d)

1500 m

7.

What is the location of an object relative to some reference point called in physics?

a)

Distance

b)

Displacement

c)

Length

d)

Position

8.

A pony travels 1.2 km [W] then 0.5 km [N] and ends up 1.3 km [W 22.6o N]. Find distance.

a)

0.7 km or 700 m

b)

1.3 km or 1300 m

c)

1.7 km or 1700 m

d)

3.0 or 3000m

9.

What type of measured value has magnitude, units and direction?

a)

Vector

b)

Scalar

c)

Qualiative

d)

Quantitive

10.

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?

a)

28 m [S]

b)

18 m [S]

c)

18 m [N]

d)

82 m [S]