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apvstucy comvacacemy/pracice/quiz workshest-charactenstics-of stance. and splacement htm Quiz & Worksheet - Characteristics of Distance and Displacement 1. Distance is © How much ground was covered regardless of starting and ending position © Howfar an object has moved with respect to intial and final position Avector quantity, requiring a directional component © Ascalar quantity, requiring a directional component © Botha vector and scalar quantity depending on it initial and final position 2. Displacement is © Allcorrectly describe displacement © Howfar an object has moved with respect to its initial and final position, regardless of path taken. © Avectar quantity, requiring both magnitude and direction Represented by delta s © Not dependent on measuring the length of the exact path taken by an object @Study.com 3.Arunner competes in the 400 meter dash and finishes with a time of 64 seconds. If the track is a perfect oval, with the starting line and finish line at the same point, and the runner's average speed was 6.25 meters/second, what was the total distance travelled by the runner? © 400 meters © 400 meters north (meters north © O meters © More information is needed Create your account to access this entire worksheet ‘A Premium account gives you acessto al lessons practice exams. quizzes & worksheets %2 vcr) Access tall Quizzes, practice exams Access to experts for video lessons aworksheets homework questions

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