Grade 12 Physics: Displacement
This worksheet covers fundamental concepts of displacement, including vector addition, average velocity, and relative motion, suitable for Grade 12 Physics students.
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Grade 12 Physics: Displacement
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. Show all your work for calculations.
1. Which of the following best describes displacement?
The total distance covered by an object.
The change in an object's position, including direction.
The rate at which an object changes its position.
The magnitude of the distance traveled.
2. An object moves from point A to point B and then back to point A. What is its total displacement?
Twice the distance between A and B.
Half the distance between A and B.
Zero.
Equal to the distance between A and B.
3. Displacement is a quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and .
4. The SI unit for displacement is the .
5. A car travels 50 km North, then 30 km East. What is the magnitude of its total displacement? (Show your work)
6. Explain the difference between distance and displacement using an example.
7. Displacement can be greater than the total distance traveled.
True
False
8. The displacement of an object depends on the path taken.
True
False
9. Consider the image below showing displacement vectors. If vector A represents a displacement of 40 km East and vector B represents a displacement of 30 km North, what is the resultant displacement vector (magnitude and direction)?
