Describing Motion (AQA GCSE Physics): 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
A person walks around a square path and returns to their start. What is their displacement?
A person walks around a square path and returns to their start. What is their displacement?
Zero
A student walks then then . What is the total distance travelled?
A student walks then then . What is the total distance travelled?
A baby crawls then turns and crawls . What is the displacement?
A baby crawls then turns and crawls . What is the displacement?
Can distance ever be negative?
Can distance ever be negative?
No, distance is always positive
What is the relationship between displacement and distance?
What is the relationship between displacement and distance?
Displacement ≤ distance always
When are distance and displacement equal?
When are distance and displacement equal?
When travelling in a straight line
What must displacement always include that distance does not?
What must displacement always include that distance does not?
Direction
An object completes one full lap of a track. Which statement is correct?
An object completes one full lap of a track. Which statement is correct?
Distance ≠ 0, displacement = 0