Physical Science - Displacement Vectors
Determine the distance travelled and the displacement for each of the following movements.
Motion
1 km East, 2 Km East
Distance – using scalar addition
Displacement-using vector addition
5 km South, 1 Km North
11 km East, 2km West, 7 Km East
80 km North, 20 Km South
10 km East, 8 km East, 20 km East
5 km West, 18 km East, 13 km West
6 km Up, 9 km Down, 2 km Up
For the following motions draw vector arrows depicting the motion using the scale 1 cm = 10 km. Then draw the
Resultant displacement and measure its length in order to determine the resultant displacement
1)
10 km East, 20 km North
Resultant = _____________________
2) 30 km South, 40 km East
Resultant = _____________________
3) 40 km East, 10 km North, 20 km East
Resultant = _____________________
4)
30 km South, 20 km East, 10 km North, 30 km East
Resultant = _____________________
5) Displacements are always measured as the length between the __________________ point and the
______________ point.
6) Distance is the total ______________ travelled.
7) The resultant displacement arrow should always point to the _________________ point.