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Distance and Displacement Worksheet
Name:____________________
For each question plot the path on the grid paper.
1. Chanice drives her scooter 7 kilometres north. She stops for lunch and
then drives 5 kilometres south. What distance did she cover? What
was her displacement?
2. Anthony walks to the pizza place for lunch. He walk 1 km east, then 1
km south and then 1 km east again. What distance did he cover?
What was his displacement east to west? What was his displacement north to south?
3. On his fishing trip Justin rides in a boat 12 km south. The fish aren’t biting so they go 4 km
west. They then follow a school of fish 1 km north. What distance did they cover? What was
their displacement east to west? What was their displacement north to south?
4. Tara goes on a camel safari in Africa. She travels 5 km north, then 3 km east and then 1 km
north again. What distance did she cover? What was her displacement east to west? What was
her displacement north to south?
5. Alex goes cruising on his dirt bike. He rides 700 m north, 300 m east, 400 m north, 600 m
west, 1200 m south 300 m east and finally 100 m north. What distance did he cover? What
was his displacement north to south? What was his displacement east to west?
(use 1 square = 100m)
6. Jose tries out for the football team. He travels 40 yards down field, and then 30 yards back.
The ball is thrown and he runs another 10 yards downfield, but is pushed 5 yards back when
tackled. What is his displacement?
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Distance and Displacement Worksheet (level 2)
Show your work!
7. What is Chanice’s total displacement?
8. What is Anthony’s total displacement?
9. What is Justin’s total displacement?
10. What is Tara’s total displacement?
11. What is Alex’s total displacement?
12. What is Jose’s total displacement?
Name:____________________
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Physical Science Y axis
8
6
4
2
0
-2
Time(s)
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
-4
-6
If the Y axis represents the position (in meters) of an object along a straight line (a
railroad, for example), then find…
a) max position
b) min position
c) how many times has the object stopped?
d) how many times does the object have a velocity of zero?
e) max displacement
f) min displacement
g) total change in position over the entire journey
h) total distance moved over the entire journey
Describe a situation or write a story below about an object that moves like the graph
above describes.
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Displacement Vectors
13: Define “Vector”:
14: Define “Displacement”
15: What is the difference between distance and displacement?
The list below contains the x and y coordinates of several vectors.
Vector Name
X coordinate
Y coordinate
A
1
0
B
2
1
C
5
-4
D
4
2
E
-3
3
F
-2
-6
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16-21: On the graph paper portion below, draw the following vector paths, tail to tip.
Label each vector. Draw each path in a different color.
A to B
A to F
F to E
D to E to C
C to D to A
B to D to E
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22: What is the displacement for the first path? (A to B)
23: What is the displacement for the second path? (A to F)
24: What is the displacement for the third path? (F to E)
25: What is the displacement for the fourth path? (D to E to C)
26: What is the displacement for the fifth path? (C to D to A)
27: What is the displacement for the sixth path? (B to D to E)