WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
Activity 3: Sort-Me-Outi
Direction: Classify each statement as to distance and displacement. Write your answers on
the table below.
Length of actual path travelled by an object
It is a vector quantity,
Shortest length between initial and final position of an object.
It is a scalar quantity.
It remains positive, can't be zero or negative.
It can be positive, negative, or zero.
DISTANCE
DISPLACEMENT
Answers & Comments
Answer:
DISTANCE
• Length of actual path travelled by an object
• it is a scalar quantity
• it remains positive, can't be zero or negative
DISPLACEMENT
• It is a vector quantity
• it can be positive, negative, or zero
• Shortest length between initial and final position of an object