Distance/Displacement Practice (S22)

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

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point (HINT: Direct path from starting point to end point)

• displacement

• distance

• motion

• reference point

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

The length between two points is called ________ .

• displacement
• length
• division
• distance

After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

• displacement
• reference point
• length
• distance

You should ___ when displacements are in the same direction

• add

• subtract

• do Pythagorean's Theorem (a² + b² = c²)

You should ___ when displacements are in opposite directions

• add

• subtract

• do Pythagorean's Theorem (a² + b² = c²)