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2.5- Displacement (Motion) - Teacher Paced

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Question 1

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A) What is the fastest thing you have ever seen, heard, or experienced?
B) What is the slowest?

Sentence Starter: The fastest thing I have... The slowest thing I have..

Question 2

2.

Based on this image, compare and contrast distance vs. displacement. Which Student(s) is/are the most correct?

Tamar - “Distance is the actual path taken to get from A to B”

Jenny - “Displacement is the shortest path from A to B”

Jackson - “A and B are not related to displacement or distance. They are an illusion.”

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Question 3

3.

Copy and paste the sentence below and fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.

Distance - the total distance _.
Displacement - the distance from the starting point (reference point) to the ___ (final point).

Word Bank: mapped traveled total longest shortest time destination past future tense

Question 4

4.

In each of the problems below draw the displacement line from the reference point (starting point) to the destination (final point).

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Question 5

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If you do not travel. Do you have a displacement?

Sure, kinda, sorta, maybe...

No, generally you need to travel to have displacement.

Yes, you will always have displacement no matter what.

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Question 7

7.

Displacements can be subtracted from each other if they are in the opposite direction. This makes it easy to navigate and determine where you are spacially.

Lisa's displacement is 7 m/s

Lisa's displacement is 3 m/s south

Lisa's displacement is 8 m/s northsouth

Lisa's displacement is 2 m/s North

Lisa's displacement is 10 m/s Northeast

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Question 8

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A vector describes something that has __ (size) and .

function; mass

magnitude; direction

conjunction; force

flow; destination

Question 9

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Which of the following are examples of vectors?

Josoph can run a 5k in 10 minutes.

Cindy pushed the fridge with a force of 200 Newtons to the left.

Janice ran with a velocity of 20 meters per second North of her house

Howard drove his car 20 miles per hour down the street.

Shelly traveled South to her friends house.

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Question 10

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When drawing vectors, the arrows length should be __________ to the magnitude (size) of the vector.

equal

unequal

considerate

charged

Question 11

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Which of the diagrams best fits the example below?

Example:
Cindy walked 2m/s to the left.
Joseph walked 4m/s to the right.

Question 12

12.

For each example draw the appropriate vector (in size and direction).

Question 13

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Terry flew 400 miles northwest and then drove 20 miles southeast from that destination. What is Terry’s displacement?

Terry's displacement is 420 miles Southeast

Terry's displacement is 90 miles Northeast. 

Terry's displacement is 380 miles Northwest.

Terry's displacement is 230 miles Northeast.

Question 14

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Mark drives 10 m East but forgot his cells phone so he had to drive 10 m back home? What is his displacement?

Marks displacement is 0m

Marks displacement is 100m

Marks displacement is 20 m

Marks displacement is 110m 

Question 15

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Draw and label the displacement lines!!

Question 16

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Jimmy leaves his house and goes to the grocery store (2 miles). Then jimmy goes to the arcade (4 miles). Then jimmy goes to the park (2 miles). Then jimmy goes home (3.5 miles). What is jimmy’s displacement and explain how you got that answer.

Sentence Starter: Jimmy's displacement is..

Question 17

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Which of these is the most correct expression of the example below?

Marcos pushed a car with a force of 200N north and then pushed the car with a force of 600N East.

Question 6

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A train goes leaves the Long Beach station and heads North to Los Angeles. The train then heads South back to the Long Beach station to its original position.

In this problem, the displacement is 0 m/s. Why is the displacement zero?

The displacement is zero because although you traveled, you eneded where you started and displacement will always be zero. 

Displacement is the shortest distance from start to finish, if you end where you started, then there is nothing to measure. 

Displacement is the shortest distance traveled, the shortest distance traveled is zero if you start and end in the same place. 

All of the answers are correct. 