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- 1. Multiple Choice
Acceleration is a change in _________ or __________.
speed or direction
speed or distance
displacement or speed
speed or displacement
- 2. Multiple Choice
A car has an oil drip that drops every second. What is happening to the motion of the car shown above?
Car is moving with a constant velocity
Car is accelerating or speeding up
Car is decelerating or slowing down
Car is changing directions
- 3. Multiple Choice
A car has an oil drip that drops every second. What is happening to the motion of the car shown above?
Car is moving with a constant velocity
Car is accelerating or speeding up
Car is decelerating or slowing down
Car is changing directions
- 4. Multiple Choice
A car has an oil drip that drops every second. What is happening to the motion of the car shown above?
Car is moving with a constant velocity
Car is accelerating or speeding up
Car is decelerating or slowing down
Car is changing directions
- 5. Multiple Choice
If an object is slowing down, what value would the acceleration be?
positive
negative
both positive or negative
Objects can only speed up
- 6. Multiple Choice
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to a speed of 5 m/s in 2.5 seconds. The magnitude of the acceleration of the car is
2 m/s2
2 m/s
12.5 m/s2
12.5 m/s
- 7. Multiple Choice
A jogger starting from rest accelerates at 0.5 m/s2. What is the jogger's change in velocity at the end of 6 seconds.
3 m/s
3 m/s2
12 m/s
12 m/s2
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?Its direction changesIt doesn'tIt slows downIts speeds up
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAcceleration only takes place when things speed up.TrueFalse
- 10. Multiple Choice
Acceleration measures...
How far an object has travelled
How long it takes an object to get from one place to another
How the speed of an object changes over time
- 11. Multiple Choice
A car starts from rest (0 m/s) and accelerates uniformly to a speed of 5 m/s in 2.5 seconds. The magnitude of the acceleration of the car is
2 m/s2
2 m/s
12.5 m/s2
12.5 m/s
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe units for acceleration is...m/sm/s/sm*sm*s*s
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor. It slides to a stop in 15 seconds. What is the acceleration?-7.5 m/s-7.5 m/s2-0.5 m/s27.5 mi//hr
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?750 seconds35 seconds0.3 seconds3.3 seconds
- 15. Multiple Choice
Select the equation for acceleration.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the formula to calculate speed?Speed = time/distanceSpeed = distance/timeSpeed = distance x timeSpeed = time x distance
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is velocity?the quickness of an objectthe location of an objectaccelerationspeed in a specific direction
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen a car goes around a corner at 20 mph, why do we say it accelerates?The car is accelerating because of the velocity is constantThe car accelerates because it's going 20 mphCars always accelerate when they are in motionThe car is accelerating because it's changing direction
- 19. Multiple ChoiceA roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds. What's the acceleration?24 m/s218 m/s216 m/s216 m/s
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s. What was the acceleration?0 m/s40 m/s2-40 m/s240 m/s
- 21. Multiple ChoiceAcceleration can be classified as _______________Speeding upSlowing DownChanging directionsAll of the above
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