Distance, Displacement, and Speed

Match the motion terms to their definitions.

• The total amount an object moves.

• Distance

• The difference from where an object starts to where it ends.

• Displacement

• How far an object moves per unit of time.

• Speed

Match the units to what they could be used to measure.

• Feet per second

• Speed

• Meters

• Time

• Hours

• Distance

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What is the correct equation used to calculate speed?

What do we compare an object's position to when we want to see if it has moved?

• reference point

• motion

• position

• displacement

A student walks 5 meters to the right then runs 10 meters to the left.

Their ​ (a)   is 15 meters and their ​ (b)   is 5 meters to the left.

• distance
• displacement
• speed
• time

If a car drives 50 miles north, stops for gas, then drives 50 miles south, what is the total distance the car drove?

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If a car drives 50 miles north, stops for gas, then drives 50 miles south, what is the displacement of the car?

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d = 15 m

t = 5 s

s = ? m/s

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d = 50 m

s = 10 m/s

t = ? s

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s = 10 m/s

t = 10 s

d = ? m

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ON