Minds on Physics 02 Kinematics Concepts - Distance vs. Displacement

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- Physics Quiz on Minds on Physics 02 Kinematics Concepts - Distance vs. Displacement, created by Anibal Santamaria on 25/07/2017.
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Question 1

Question
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 _____.
Answer
  • 0 m
  • 6 m
  • 12 m
  • ... Nonsense! It cannot be calculated without knowing time information.

Question 2

Question
In terms of their definitions, an essential difference between displacement and distance is that _____.
Answer
  • 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

Question 3

Question
For any given motion, the distance is _____.
Answer
  • 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

Question 4

Question
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 _____.
Answer
  • 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

Question 5

Question
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, _____.
Answer
  • 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.

Question 6

Question
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 _____.
Answer
  • 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

Question 7

Question
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 _____.
Answer
  • 0 m
  • 6 m
  • 12 m
  • ... Nonsense! It cannot be calculated without knowing time information.

Question 8

Question
For any given motion, displacement is _____.
Answer
  • 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.
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