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Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point
displacement
distance
motion reference
point
Sara walks from Point A to Point B. Which is true?
Distance and displacement are EQUAL
Distance is less than displacement
Find the distance Sara walks from A to B, B to C then C to D?
11 m
3 m
5 m
8 m
Which driver has an equal distance and displacement at B?
1
2
3
Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?
800
400
0
200
David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?
7 km
3 km
4 km
1 km
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's distance?
0 meters
400 meters
800 meters
1600 meters
Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?
0 meters
400 meters
800 meters
1600 meters
Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total distance?
2 km
8 km
5 km
10 km
Jerry walked from home to school, then from the school to the park. What is his total displacement?
2 km
5 km
8 km
10 km
A person walks 50 meters directly north, stops, and then travels 32 meters directly south. What is their displacement?
82 meters
18 meters
28 meters
After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.
displacement
reference point
length
distance
f a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement?
31 km
12 km
19 km, East
43 km, East
If a boomerang is thrown 20 m in a straight line and returns exactly to the spot it was thrown what is its displacement?
20 m
40 m
-20 m
0 m
Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?
10
7
8
6
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