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Physics Quiz: Distance, Displacement, Speed, and Velocity

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is distance?

a)

The difference between an object's final position and its starting position

b)

The rate at which an object is moving

c)

How far an object travels

d)

The speed of an object

2.

Does distance depend on direction?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

d)

Not enough information

3.

What is displacement?

a)

The difference between an object's final position and its starting position

b)

The rate at which an object is moving

c)

How far an object travels

d)

The speed of an object

4.

Does displacement depend on direction?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

d)

Not enough information

5.

What is speed?

a)

The difference between an object's final position and its starting position

b)

The rate at which an object is moving

c)

How far an object travels

d)

not sure

6.

Does speed depend on direction?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

d)

Not enough information

7.

Does velocity depend on direction?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

not sure

d)

Not enough information

8.

What is speed?

a)

The difference between an object's final position and its starting position

b)

The rate at which an object is moving

c)

How far an object travels

d)

not sure

9.

Velocity is speed with __________________________.

a)

a unicycle helmet

b)

direction

c)

fight

10.

A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?

a)

800 m

b)

0

c)

400 m

d)

400 m North

11.

Vector or Scalar?

A deer running 15 meters per second due west.

a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
12.

Joe rides his bike from point A to point B and then on to point C. What is the total distance traveled?

a)

12 m

b)

43 m

c)

7 m

d)

12 m

13.

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

a)

7 m

b)

12 m

c)

5 m

d)

2 m

14.

35 m/s would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

15.

5 m/s west would describe

a)

distance

b)

displacement

c)

speed

d)

velocity

16.

What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?

a)

240 m/s

b)

0.067 s

c)

15 m/s

d)

15 mph