Distance vs. Displacement
The total length of the path an object travels, regardless of direction.
What is Distance
A cyclist travels 10 km north in 0.5 hours. Find their speed.
What is 20 km/hr
The slope of a distance-time graph shows this.
What is Speed
Velocity includes both speed and this.
What is Direction
The word that describes how fast an object moves.
What is speed?
The distance AND direction of an object's change in position
What is Displacement
A car drives 100 m east in 10 seconds. What is its velocity?
What is 10 m/s East
On a distance–time graph, a straight line sloping upward shows this type of motion.
What is a constant speed
A car traveling 60 km/h north and another traveling 60 km/h east have the same speed but different this.
What is Velocity
The equation for average speed.
What is total distance ÷ total time?
If you walk 3 km east and then 4 km west, your distance is 7 km, but your displacement is this.
What is 1 km west
A runner jogs 400 m around a circular track in 80 seconds. What is her average velocity?
What is 0 m/s
A flat (horizontal) line on a distance–time graph shows this.
What is stopped/no motion/rest
The average velocity of an object that returns to its starting point.
What is 0
The symbol often used to represent speed.
What is v?
Distance is a scalar quantity; displacement is this type of quantity.
What is Vector
A car goes 90 km in 1.5 hours east, then 60 km in 1 hour west. Find its average speed.
What is 60 km/hr
A line slanting downward on a distance–time graph means this is happening.
What is returning toward the start?
The formula for average velocity.
What is displacement ÷ time?
A type of speed found by dividing total distance by total time.
What is average speed?
A runner completes one full lap around a 400 m track. What is their displacement?
What is 0 meters
A plane flies 300 km west in 2 hours, then 400 km north in 3 hours. Find its average speed.
What is 140 km/hr
Two lines on a distance–time graph start at the same point. The steeper line represents the object moving at this type of speed.
What is a faster speed
A car moves 100 m east in 4 s, then 100 m west in 4 s. What is its average velocity?
What is 0 m/s
A car moves 150 meters in 15 seconds, then 150 meters in 5 seconds. Did its speed stay constant?
What is no, it increased (the car sped up)