Questão 1
Questão
A teacher does the following:
i. walks 2 m, south
ii. walks 4 m, east
iii. walks 2 m, north
iv. walks 4 m, west.
The overall distance traveled by the teacher is _____.
Questão 2
Questão
In terms of their definitions, an essential difference between displacement and distance is that _____.
Responda
-
distance has a direction and displacement has no direction
-
distance is a large number and displacement is a small number
-
distance is a scalar and displacement is a vector
-
displacement is a scalar and distance is a vector
-
none of these
Questão 3
Questão
For any given motion, the distance is _____.
Responda
-
the direction which an object moves
-
the scalar of the object's velocity
-
how far out of place which the object finishes relative to the starting location
-
the amount of ground which is covered by the moving object
-
none of these
Questão 4
Questão
A football coach starts at the 50-yard line (A) and walks east to the 10-yard line (B). He turns around and walks to the 40-yard line (C). He turns around again and walks back to the 0-yard line (D). He turns around once more and walks back to the 30-yard line (E, thus completing his 10 minutes of pacing.
The couach's overall displacement is _____.
Responda
-
20 yd, east
-
20 yd, west
-
20 yd
-
50 yd, east
-
50 yd, west
-
50 yd
-
70 yd, east
-
70 yd, west
-
70 yd
-
80 yd, east
Questão 5
Questão
Grandma H challenges Michael Johnson in the 400-meter dash. Grandma H spins her wheelchair wheels five times and gives up 15 meters from the starting line. MJ makes a complete circle around the track and stops at the starting line. In this race, _____.
Responda
-
their distance values are the same
-
grandma Henderson has the greatest distance
-
Michael Johnson has the greatest distance
-
Neither has any distance since they start at rest and each eventually stop.
-
None of these.
Questão 6
Questão
A football coach starts at the 10-yard line and walks east to the 40-yard line. He turns around and walks to the 0-yard line. He turns around again and walks back to the 50-yard line. He turns around once more and walks back to the 25-yard line, thus completing his 10 minutes of pacing.
The coach's overall distance is _____.
Responda
-
15 yd
-
50 yd, east
-
50 yd
-
60 yd, west
-
60 yd
-
85 yd, east
-
85 yd
-
145 yd, west
-
145 yd
-
none of these
Questão 7
Questão
A teacher does the following:
i. walks 4 m, south
ii. walks 8 m, east
iii. walks 4 m, north
iv. walks 8 m, west.
The overall displacement of the teacher is _____.
Questão 8
Questão
For any given motion, displacement is _____.
Responda
-
the direction which an object moves
-
the magnitude which the object moves
-
how far out of place which the object finishes relative to the starting location
-
the amount of ground which is covered by the moving object
-
None of these.