Distance and displacement (AQA GCSE Physics Combined Science): Quizzes
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What type of quantity is distance?
What type of quantity is distance?
Scalar
What type of quantity is displacement?
What type of quantity is displacement?
Vector
Which quantity includes information about direction?
Which quantity includes information about direction?
Displacement
A walker returns to their starting point after a 16km walk. What is their displacement?
A walker returns to their starting point after a 16km walk. What is their displacement?
0km
You walk 3m, then 4m, then 2m. What is the total distance travelled?
You walk 3m, then 4m, then 2m. What is the total distance travelled?
9m
A baby crawls 3m east then 4m north. What is the displacement using Pythagoras' theorem?
A baby crawls 3m east then 4m north. What is the displacement using Pythagoras' theorem?
5m
How does displacement compare to distance travelled?
How does displacement compare to distance travelled?
Always less or equal
Which of these is an example of displacement?
Which of these is an example of displacement?
20mm to the left
Can displacement be zero?
Can displacement be zero?
Yes, if you return to start
Is distance always positive?
Is distance always positive?
Yes, always positive
What does displacement measure?
What does displacement measure?
Straight line, start to finish
Which property does distance NOT have?
Which property does distance NOT have?
Direction