Motion

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

• 10 miles

• 7 miles

• 6 miles

• 8 miles

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from a starting point

• Motion

• Distance

• Displacement

• Reference Point

Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

• 800 m

• 400 m

• 200 m

• 0

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's distance?

• 0

• 300 m

• 400 m

• 800 m

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?

• 300 m

• 400 m

• 800 m

• 0

A person walks 50 meters directly north, stops, and then travels 32 meters directly south. What is their displacement?

• 82 m North

• 28 m North

• 18 m North

• 0

A car drives 84 meters forward. It's displacement and distance would be the same.

• True

• False

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

• Displacement

• Distance

• Length

• Motion

What is the formula to calculate speed?

• S = t/d

• S = d x t

• S = d/t

• S = t x d

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is speed?

• how far you go

• how fast you accelerate

• how much distance is covered over a period of time

• the change in the location of a object