Position and Motion

All of the following are used to describe an object's position except:

• reference point

• displacement

• distance

• direction

The starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object

• motion

• distance

• direction

• reference point

An object's distance in a certain direction from a reference point

• motion

• distance

• position

• direction

A complete description of your position includes:

• distance, displacement, position

• reference point, displacement, dimension

• dimension, direction, distance

• reference point, distance, direction

The process of changing position

• position

• motion

• reference point

• displacement

The length of the path that an object travels

• distance

• displacement

The difference between the initial (first) position and the final position of an object

• displacement

• distance

If the reference point is your home and you travel 5 miles to get to McDonald's and then come back home, what is the total distance traveled?

• 5 miles

• 10 miles

• 0 miles

• 25 miles

You ride your bike 10 miles East but then head West for 6 miles. What is your displacement?

• 16 miles

• 4 miles

• 0 miles

• 6 miles

If you leave home and travel a million miles around the world and stop back home, what is your displacement?

• One million miles

• 0

• two million miles

• none of the above