Distance vs. Displacement

Which among the examples below represents a scalar quantity?

• 30 meter north

• 10 south

• 1000 kilometers

• 20 miles west

Which among the examples below represents a vector quantity?

• 15 miles to the right

• 20 meter

• 100 km

• 90 miles

What differs distance from displacement?

• Distance is the shortest way from the starting point to the end point, displacement is the longer way from starting point to the end point.

• Distance has magnitude and direction, displacement has magnitude only

• Distance is represented by meter, kilometer and miles plus the direction while displacement is represented by direction only

• Distance has magnitude only while displacement has both magnitude and direction

Which units can represent a distance covered by a motion?

• Kilometer (km)

• Meter (m)

• Miles (mi)

• all of the choices are correct

What do you call the shortest distance between the starting point to the end point covered by a motion?

• Distance

• Magnitude

• Displacement

• Vector

A boy biked 20 m going east and turn right covering another 15 m. What is the total distance covered?

• 30 m

• 30 m north

• 35 m

• 35 m north

A man walks northward 100 m and turned left another 200 m. What is the total distance covered?

• 300 m NW

• 300 m N

• 300 N

• 300 m

Given the map above, what do you thinks is the direction of the motion?

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

Refer to the illustration, what is the total distance covered by the motion?

• 3.8 km SE

• 4 km

• 4 km east

• 3.8 km

A man walked 20 m west and another 20 meters north. Where did the man went?

• house

• school

• church

• shopping mall