Distance and Displacement Worksheet
Explore the concepts of distance and displacement with this Grade 7 science worksheet, featuring real-world scenarios and calculations.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculation problems.
1. Which of the following best describes distance?
The shortest path between two points.
The total length of the path traveled.
A vector quantity with magnitude and direction.
The rate at which an object changes position.
2. Displacement is a vector quantity because it includes:
Only magnitude.
Only direction.
Both magnitude and direction.
Neither magnitude nor direction.
3. The SI unit for both distance and displacement is the .
4. If you walk 5 meters east and then 5 meters west, your total distance traveled is meters, but your displacement is meters.
5. A car travels 100 km north, then turns around and travels 30 km south. What is the total distance the car traveled?
6. For the car in question 5, what is its final displacement from the starting point?
7. Distance can never be negative.
True
False
8. Displacement can be zero even if the distance traveled is not zero.
True
False
9. A squirrel runs 8 meters east, then 6 meters north, to reach a nut. What is the total distance the squirrel ran?
10. What is the squirrel's displacement from its starting point?