Key Stage 4
Meaning
Displacement is a vector quantity describing the distance and direction from one point to another.
About Displacement
- Displacement is a vector because it has magnitude and direction.
- The SI Unit for the magnitude of displacement is the metre.
- Displacement is usually described from a point of origin to a new location.
- Displacement is different from it's scalar counterpart 'distance' which describes the length of the journey, while displacement ignores the journey and looks only at the start and end points.
References
AQA
- Displacement, page 147, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Displacement, page 178, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Displacement, page 208, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Displacement, page 60, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Displacement, pages 114, 136, 168-169, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Displacement, pages 118, 148, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Displacement, pages 143, 149, 192, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Displacement, pages 208, 226, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
- Displacement; calculation from velocity-time graphs, pages 152-3, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA