2) in the Space Below, Describe How the Person Needs to Move If They

2) In the space below, describe how the person needs to move if they

·  Start at the dorm

·  Go to the physics building to turn in a paper.

·  Then eat lunch in the cafeteria.

·  And finally go study in the library.

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Describing Changes in Position

Use the picture below to answer the following questions:

Meters (m)

a) At what position is the person on the skate board? ______

b) At what position is the cart selling food? ______

c) Who is at position +3m? ______

d) Who is at the origin? ______

e) If the couple holding hands walked 7m in the positive direction, where would they be? ______

f) If the person in the wheel chair moves 6m in the - direction, then 3m in the + direction, where will they be? ______

g) How does the dog walker need to move to go home to the house with a porch?

h) How does the person in gray pants need to move to buy a sandwich from the deli, then take it to the park to eat?

Distance vs Displacement

1) Use the picture of the skier below to answer the questions that follow (Picture from Physicsclassroom.com)

a) What is the distance the skier travels from A to B? ______

b) What is the skier’s displacement from A to B? ______

c) When the skier moves from B through C to D, what is their

Distance traveled? ______

Displacement? ______

2) For each of the lines below describe the distance & displacement (picture from Khanacademy.org)

line / Distance / Displacement
A
B
C
D /

3) Use the positions below to answer the questions that follow.

a) If a car moves to all of the points in alphabetical order from A to E, what is

The distance traveled? ______Displacement ______

b) Create a set of directions below that describe the car moving from point to point, but NOT in alphabetical order. Include all the points.

c) If the car moved according to your directions, what is

The distance traveled? ______Displacement ______

4) Obtain a city picture & write a motion story describing 7 different positions.

Also determine the distance traveled & displacement.

A student rushes from their dorm room to the physics building in 2 minutes. After spending 1 minute turning in their homework, the student runs to the cafeteria in 2 minutes. The student eats lunch for 12 minutes, then walks to the library in 6 minutes.