Distance & Displacement (Edexcel GCSE Physics Combined Science): Flashcards
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What type of quantity is distance?
What type of quantity is distance?
Scalar
What does distance measure?
What does distance measure?
How far travelled (no direction)
How is distance measured?
How is distance measured?
Following the exact path taken
What does distance tell you?
What does distance tell you?
Total length of journey
What type of quantity is displacement?
What type of quantity is displacement?
Vector
What does displacement measure?
What does displacement measure?
How far and in which direction
How is displacement measured?
How is displacement measured?
Straight line from start to end
What is a bearing?
What is a bearing?
Angle from North to direction of travel
One way to show displacement direction
One way to show displacement direction
As a bearing