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Grade 7 Distance Etc

The document explains the concepts of distance, displacement, speed, and velocity, highlighting that distance is a scalar quantity while displacement is a vector quantity. It provides examples using an ant's movement to illustrate the differences between distance and displacement, as well as how speed and velocity are calculated. Key formulas include speed as distance divided by time and velocity as displacement divided by time.

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Grade 7 Distance Etc

The document explains the concepts of distance, displacement, speed, and velocity, highlighting that distance is a scalar quantity while displacement is a vector quantity. It provides examples using an ant's movement to illustrate the differences between distance and displacement, as well as how speed and velocity are calculated. Key formulas include speed as distance divided by time and velocity as displacement divided by time.

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Distance, Displacement, Speed, and Velocity

Distance
 Distance (d) – how far an object travels.
 Does not depend on direction.
 Imagine an ant crawling along a ruler.

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cm

 What distance did the ant travel?


d = 3 cm
SCIENCE 7
Distance
 Distance does not depend on direction.
 Here’s our intrepid ant explorer again.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

 Now what distance did the ant travel?


d = 3 cm
Distance
 Distance does not depend on direction.
 Let’s follow the ant again.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

 What distance did the ant walk this time?


 d = 7 cm
Displacement
 Displacement (d) – difference between an object’s
final position and its starting position.
 Does depend on direction.
 Displacement = final position – initial position
 d = dfinal – dinitial
Displacement vs. Distance
 Example of distance:
 The ant walked 3 cm.
 Example of displacement:
 The ant walked 3 cm EAST.
An object’s distance traveled and its
displacement aren’t always the same!
Displacement
 Let’s revisit our ant, and this time we’ll find
his displacement.
- +

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

 Distance:3 cm
 Displacement: +3 cm
 The positive gives the ant a direction!
Displacement
 Find the ant’s displacement again.
 Remember, displacement has direction!

- +

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

 Distance:3 cm
 Displacement: -3 cm
Hence,

DISTANCE is SCALAR QUANTITY


DISPLACEMENT is a VECTOR QUANTIY
Displacement vs. Distance
 Anathlete runs around a track that is 100 meters
long three times, then stops.
 What is the athlete’s distance and displacement?

 Distance= 300 m
 Displacement = 0 m
 Why?
Speed
 Speed (s) – Rate at which an object is
moving.
 speed = distance / time
 s = d/t
 Like distance, speed does not depend on
direction.
Speed
A car drives 100 meters in 5 seconds.
1s
2
3
4
5
100 m

 What is the car’s average speed?


s = d/t
 s = (100 m) / (5 s) = 20 m/s
Speed
A rocket is traveling at 10 m/s. How long does it
take the rocket to travel 30 m?
Speed
A racecar is traveling at 85.0 m/s. How far
does the car travel in 30.0 s?
Velocity
 Velocity (v) – speed with direction.
 velocity = displacement / time
 v = d / t
 Has magnitude and direction!
 Magnitude – a measure that has a value
Pulling It All Together
 Back to our ant explorer!
1s
2
3
4
5 - +

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

 Distancetraveled: 7 cm
 Displacement: +3 cm
 Average speed: (7 cm) / (5 s) = 1.4 cm/s
 Average velocity: (+3 cm) / (5 s) = +0.6 cm/s

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