Constant Acceleration - Honors PHysics

A 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 seconds
• 35 seconds
• 0.3 seconds
• 3.3 seconds

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A ball of clay is thrown at a wall at a velocity of 28.0 m/s.  After it hits the wall, it takes 0.020 s to stop.  What is the acceleration of the clay when it hits the wall?

• 1400 m/s²
• -1400 m/s₂
• 0.56 m/s²
• -0.56 m/s²

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Using the velocity vs time graph - what is the displacement of the car during the trip?

• 800 m

• 1400 m

• 900 m

• 1000 m

What was Albert doing between 0 and 12 seconds?

• Traveling at a constant speed.
• Accelerating
• Stopped 
• Traveling back to start

What does the area underneath this graph represent?

• displacement

• velocity

• position

• acceleration

The graph at right describes the motion of a ball. At what point does the ball have an instantaneous velocity of zero?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

What happens to the velocity of a ball as it is dropped off a cliff? 

• It decreases at a uniform rate 
• It increases at a uniform rate 
• It is constant 
• It increases at a non-uniform rate

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What happens to the total distance  that a ball travels as it falls off the side of a cliff?

• The distance remains constant 
• The distance increases at a uniform rate
• The distance increases at a nonuniform rate 
• The distance decreases at a uniform rate

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When there is no air resistance, objects of different masses dropped from rest

• fall with equal accelerations and with equal displacements.

• fall with different accelerations and with different displacements.

• fall with equal accelerations and with different displacements.

• fall with different accelerations and with equal displacements.

How long will it take a running horse to travel 260 m and attain a speed of 12 m/s from rest?

• 12 seconds

• 52 seconds

• 22 seconds

• 43 seconds