Distance & Displacement (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
Which information does distance provide?
Which information does distance provide?
How far only
Which information does displacement provide?
Which information does displacement provide?
How far and which direction
How is distance measured?
How is distance measured?
Following the exact path taken
How is displacement measured?
How is displacement measured?
In a straight line from start to end
What does distance give us about a journey?
What does distance give us about a journey?
The total length of the journey
From which point is displacement measured?
From which point is displacement measured?
The starting point
What is a bearing?
What is a bearing?
The angle from North
Can the path used to measure distance be curved?
Can the path used to measure distance be curved?
Yes, curved or straight