Distance & Displacement (AQA GCSE Physics Combined Science): Quizzes
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What type of quantity is distance?
What type of quantity is distance?
Scalar quantity
What information does distance provide about an object's movement?
What information does distance provide about an object's movement?
How far it has travelled
How is distance measured?
How is distance measured?
Following the exact path taken
What does distance tell us about a journey?
What does distance tell us about a journey?
The total length of the journey
What type of quantity is displacement?
What type of quantity is displacement?
Vector quantity
What information does displacement provide?
What information does displacement provide?
How far and in which direction
How is displacement measured?
How is displacement measured?
In a straight line from start to end
What is a bearing?
What is a bearing?
The angle from North
Which quantity is measured following the exact path an object takes?
Which quantity is measured following the exact path an object takes?
Distance
Which quantity includes directional information?
Which quantity includes directional information?
Displacement