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Practice: Distance and Displacement Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Stan walks 10km west to the grocery store.  He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his house. What distance did he cover?

a)

10 km

b)

20 km

c)

0 km

d)

20 km East

2.

Stan walks 10km west to the grocery store.  He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his house. What was his displacement?

a)

20 km

b)

10 km

c)

0 km

d)

10 km West

3.

Tyler drives 50km north.  Tyler then drives back 30km south. What distance did he cover? (include your unit)

(a)  

4.

Tyler drives 50km north.  Tyler then drives back 30km south. What was his displacement?

a)

80 km

b)

20 km south

c)

20 km north

d)

80 km north

5.

Joey drives his Skidoo 7 kilometers north.  He stops for lunch and then drives 5 kilometers east.  What distance did he cover? (include your unit)

(a)  

6.

Joey drives his Skidoo 7 kilometers north. He stops for lunch and then drives 5 kilometers south. What was his displacement?

(a)  

7.

Brittney is on the starting line to run a track race.  The distance around the track is 400 m. She starts the race and runs 400 m around the track. She ends up in the same place where she started. What distance did she cover? (include the unit)

(a)  

8.

Brittney is on the starting line to run a track race.  The distance around the track is 400m. She starts the race and runs 400m around the track. She ends up in the same place where she started. What was her displacement? (include the unit)

(a)  

9.
Scott drives a Jeep 12 km east, then 4 km north, then finally 3 km west. He traveled a total distance of:
a)
5 km
b)
10 km
c)
13 km
d)
19 km
10.
A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. It traveled a total distance of:
a)
9 meters
b)
6 meters
c)
3 meters
d)
0 meters
11.
The scientific (SI) unit for measuring distance is the ________ .
a)
mile
b)
foot
c)
kilometer
d)
meter
12.
There are _____ centimeters in a meter.
a)
10
b)
100
c)
1,000
d)
10,000
13.
Because displacement has a magnitude and direction it is called a ______. 
a)
distance
b)
vector
c)
arrow
d)
length
14.

Which is an example of a vector measurement?

a)

40 miles

b)

5 seconds

c)

700 pounds

d)

30 meters to the north

15.

The change in position of an object between two points with direction included is called...

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

mapping

d)

path