Distance and Displacement

Front

What distance did the creature travel? Options: 23 m, 9 m, -9 m, -23 m

Back

23 m

Front

What is the creature's final displacement? Options: 23 m, 9 m, -9 m, -23 m

Back

9 m

Front

At what position did the creature change direction? Options: -7 m, 9 m, 2 m, 16 m

Back

9 m

Front

What does negative displacement mean?

Back

moving to the left.

Front

If you check the odometer (it counts the miles) on your car to see how far you've gone, you just found the _____ you travelled.

Back

Distance

Front

What is the creature's final displacement? Options: 7 m, 3 m, -3 m, -7 m

Back

-3 m

Front

What distance did the creature travel?

Back

7 m

Front

Distance

Back

Total length of the path travelled

Front

Displacement

Back

How far an object is from its starting point

Front

Object C had an initial position of 2 m and a final position of 10 m. The displacement of object C can be shown with this equation: Displacement = final position - initial position. What was the displacement of object C?

Back

+8 m