Acceleration

Multiple Choice

Acceleration is just when an object speeds up?

• True, only objects speeding up is acceleration

• False, objects speeding up and slowing down is acceleration.

Fill in the Blank

Along with speeding up and slowing down, if you travel a constant speed you can be accelerating if you are __________ __________.

Multiple Select

Choose all ways an object can accelerate.

• speed up

• slow down

• change direction

• stay at a constant speed and never change direction

Multiple Choice

Acceleration and velocity are the same thing.

• True, they both measure speed

• False, acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes. Velocity is the speed AND direction of an object.

Multiple Choice

Natalie drops her skateboard into a bowl speeding up from 0 m/s to 4 m/s in 2.5 s. What is her average acceleration?

• 4 m/s

• 1.6 m/s/s

• 1.6 m

• 2.5 m/s/s

Multiple Choice

What kind of motion is taking place between points D and E?

• constant acceleration

• constant de

• changing acceleration

• constant speed

Multiple Choice

What kind of motion is taking place between points A and B?

• constant acceleration

• constant de

• changing acceleration

• constant speed

Multiple Choice

What kind of motion is taking place between points C and D?

• constant acceleration

• constant deceleration

• not moving

• constant speed