Acceleration

Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?

• Its direction changes
• It doesn't
• It slows down
• Its speeds up  

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Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 

• True
• False

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A correct measure of velocity would be

• 300 m/hr

• 7,800 m/sec

• 40 kn/hr north

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What is Acceleration?

• How long it takes me to win at fortnite

• The direction of an object

• A change in Motion

• How fast something is moving

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_______________ is how fast an object changes over time. 

• speed
• velocity
• momentum
• acceleration

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Acceleration describes how an object’s velocity is changing.  Which of the following scenarios provides the best example of an accelerating object?

• A car driving at a constant speed
• A book sitting on top of a high shelf
• A toy train traveling in a circle
• A toy boat floating in a bathtub

When a car goes around a corner at 20 mph, why do we say it  accelerates?

• The car is accelerating because of the velocity is constant
• The car accelerates because it's going 20 mph
• Cars always accelerate when they are in motion
• The car is accelerating because it's changing direction

The gees fly 23 mph to the south when they migrate for the winter. 

• speed
• velocity
• acceleration

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The Olympian swam 200 meters in 20 seconds. 

• speed
• velocity
• acceleration

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Avery likes to walk 30 feet in 10 seconds. What is her speed?

• 3 feet/sec
• 6 feet/sec
• 10 feet/sec
• 2 feet/sec

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