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This worksheet focuses on the concepts of distance and displacement for Grade VIII students. It includes learning objectives, success criteria, and various sections with questions and activities to help students define, differentiate, and calculate distance and displacement. The worksheet also emphasizes the distinction between scalar and vector quantities through practical examples and exercises.

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Motion - Distance & Displacement-Worksheet1-G8

This worksheet focuses on the concepts of distance and displacement for Grade VIII students. It includes learning objectives, success criteria, and various sections with questions and activities to help students define, differentiate, and calculate distance and displacement. The worksheet also emphasizes the distinction between scalar and vector quantities through practical examples and exercises.

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Motion – Distance & Displacement – Worksheet 1

Name of Unit/Topic: Distance & Displacement


Grade and Section: VIII
Learning Objectives: Each 1. define and explain distance and displacement.
student will be able to: 2. differentiate between scalar and vector
quantities.
3. calculate distance and displacement on different
paths.
Success Criteria: I CAN: 1. accurately define and explain the difference
between distance and displacement using
examples.
2. identify scalar and vector quantities and
correctly calculate distance and displacement in
rectangular, and triangular paths.

The worksheet is based on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z-EIcdJ9VY


Section A: This section contains direct questions from the video:
1. What is the definition of distance as explained in the video?
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2. What is the definition of displacement as explained in the video?
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3. If an object travels from point A to point B along a path of 50 meters, what is its distance?
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4. If point A and point B are 30 meters apart in a straight line, what is the displacement?
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5. True or False:
a. Displacement is always equal to distance…………..
b. Distance can never be zero unless there is no movement…………………….
c. Displacement is a scalar quantity……………………..
d. Displacement can be negative………………….

Section B: Think & Apply

6. Thinking Routine: Compare – Contrast – Connect – Scalar vs Vector Quantities


Compare Contrast Connect
How are they similar? How are they different? Why does this matter in
real life?

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7. Riya walks 5 m east, then 3 m west.


a. What is the total distance she walked?
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b. What is her displacement from the starting point?
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c. Identify whether the following are scalar or vector quantities:
- Speed: __________
- Volume: __________
- Distance: __________
- Displacement: __________

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Section C: Draw and Explain
8. Draw a rectangular path ABCD (AB=3m BC=4m). Calculate distance and displacement when a boy
walks along it from A → B → C → D completing one full round and then covers half the square again
(from A → B → C).

9. Challenge Question: A car travels 8 m north, then 6 m east. What is the total distance and the
magnitude of displacement?

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