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Q1. A person walks 50 meters directly north, stops, and then travels 32 meters directly south. What is their displacement?

(a) 82 meters
(b) 40 meters
(c) 28 meters
(d) 18 meters

Q2. Bill runs 400 meters to Andys house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bills displacement?

(a) 0 meters
(b) 400 meters
(c) 800 meters
(d) 1600 meters

Q3. David walks 3 km north, and then turns east and walks 4 km. What is the distance?

(a) 3 km
(b) 1 km
(c) 4 km
(d) 7 km

Q4. Vector quantities need both a magnitude and a _____.

(a) distance
(b) displacement
(c) direction
(d) velocity

Q5. Distance and direction of an objects change in position from a starting point

(a) displacement
(b) distance
(c) motion
(d) reference point

Q6. A softball player leaves the batters box, overruns first base by 3.0 meters, and then returns to first base. Compared to the total distance traveled by the player, the magnitude of the players total displacement from the batters box is

(a) Smaller
(b) Larger
(c) The same
(d) None of these

Q7. A girl leaves a history classroom and walks 10. meters north to a drinking fountain. Then she turns and walks 30. meters south to an art classroom. What is the girls total displacement from the history classroom to the art classroom?

(a) 20. m south
(b) 20. m north
(c) 40. m north
(d) 40. m south

Q8. A student walks 1.0 kilometer due east and 1.0 kilometer due south. Then she runs 2.0 kilometers due west. The magnitude of the students resultant displacement is closest to

(a) 3.4 km
(b) 1.4 km
(c) 4km
(d) 0km

Q9. A car travels 20. meters east in 1.0 second. The displacement of the car at the end of this 1.0-second interval is

(a) 20. m/s
(b) 20. m
(c) 20. m east
(d) 20. m/s east

Q10. What is the total displacement of a student who walks 3 blocks east, 2 blocks north, 1 block west, and then 2 blocks south?

(a) 2 blocks east
(b) 2 blocks west
(c) 8 blocks
(d) 0


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