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Minds on Physics 02 Kinematics Concepts - Distance vs. Displacement

Anibal Santamaria 8 questions Updated 16 Aug 2017

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  1. 1A teacher does the following:
    i. walks 2 m, south
    ii. walks 4 m, east
    iii. walks 2 m, north
    iv. walks 4 m, west.

    The overall distance traveled by the teacher is _____.
    1. A0 m
    2. B6 m
    3. C12 m
    4. D... Nonsense! It cannot be calculated without knowing time information.
  2. 2In terms of their definitions, an essential difference between displacement and distance is that _____.
    1. Adistance has a direction and displacement has no direction
    2. Bdistance is a large number and displacement is a small number
    3. Cdistance is a scalar and displacement is a vector
    4. Ddisplacement is a scalar and distance is a vector
    5. Enone of these
  3. 3For any given motion, the distance is _____.
    1. Athe direction which an object moves
    2. Bthe scalar of the object's velocity
    3. Chow far out of place which the object finishes relative to the starting location
    4. Dthe amount of ground which is covered by the moving object
    5. Enone of these
  4. 4A football coach starts at the 50-yard line (A) and walks east to the 10-yard line (B). He turns around and walks to the 40-yard line (C). He turns around again and walks back to the 0-yard line (D). He turns around once more and walks back to the 30-yard line (E, thus completing his 10 minutes of pacing.
    The couach's overall displacement is _____.
    1. A20 yd, east
    2. B20 yd, west
    3. C20 yd
    4. D50 yd, east
    5. E50 yd, west
    6. F50 yd
    7. G70 yd, east
    8. H70 yd, west
    9. I70 yd
    10. J80 yd, east
  5. 5Grandma H challenges Michael Johnson in the 400-meter dash. Grandma H spins her wheelchair wheels five times and gives up 15 meters from the starting line. MJ makes a complete circle around the track and stops at the starting line. In this race, _____.
    1. Atheir distance values are the same
    2. Bgrandma Henderson has the greatest distance
    3. CMichael Johnson has the greatest distance
    4. DNeither has any distance since they start at rest and each eventually stop.
    5. ENone of these.
  6. 6A football coach starts at the 10-yard line and walks east to the 40-yard line. He turns around and walks to the 0-yard line. He turns around again and walks back to the 50-yard line. He turns around once more and walks back to the 25-yard line, thus completing his 10 minutes of pacing.
    The coach's overall distance is _____.
    1. A15 yd
    2. B50 yd, east
    3. C50 yd
    4. D60 yd, west
    5. E60 yd
    6. F85 yd, east
    7. G85 yd
    8. H145 yd, west
    9. I145 yd
    10. Jnone of these
  7. 7A teacher does the following:

    i. walks 4 m, south
    ii. walks 8 m, east
    iii. walks 4 m, north
    iv. walks 8 m, west.

    The overall displacement of the teacher is _____.
    1. A0 m
    2. B6 m
    3. C12 m
    4. D... Nonsense! It cannot be calculated without knowing time information.
  8. 8For any given motion, displacement is _____.
    1. Athe direction which an object moves
    2. Bthe magnitude which the object moves
    3. Chow far out of place which the object finishes relative to the starting location
    4. Dthe amount of ground which is covered by the moving object
    5. ENone of these.

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- Physics Quiz on Minds on Physics 02 Kinematics Concepts - Distance vs. Displacement, created by Anibal Santamaria on 25/07/2017.
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Created on 25 Jul 2017 · updated on 16 Aug 2017
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