Distance and Displacement
Grade 7•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can differentiate between distance and displacement, and explain why displacement includes direction while distance does not.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain the difference between distance and displacement in your own words. Give a real-world example to illustrate your explanation.
2. Why is displacement considered a vector quantity, while distance is considered a scalar quantity?
3. Imagine a student walks 5 meters east, then 3 meters north, and finally 5 meters west. What is the total distance the student traveled? What is the student's displacement from their starting point? Explain your reasoning.
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