Acceleration & Velocity Time Graphs

Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 

• True
• False

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Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 

• time of motion to another place. 
• velocity 
• distance 
• speed

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When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? 

• speed up
• slow down
• make turns
• All of the above 

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In each of the following cases, determine which car has the greatest acceleration?

• starts from 0m/s to 20m/s in 4 seconds.
• speed up from 20m/s to 40m/s in 3 seconds
• slow down from 50m/s to stop in 2 seconds
• starts from 0 m/s to 20m/s in 5 seconds

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Acceleration is defined at a change in velocity. Velocity is ______

• Displacement/Time

• The same thing as speed

• distance/time

• time/distance

Based on this motion map, determine the motion of the car.

• at rest

• moving at constant speed

• speeding up

• slowing down

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Based on this motion map determine the motion of the car.

• at rest

• constant velocity

• speeding up

• slowing down

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A car accelerates from a standstill to 70 m/s in 10 seconds.  What is the acceleration?

• 0.7m/s²
• 7m/s²
• 14m/s²
• none of the above

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A roller coaster with an initial velocity of 6.0 m/s reaches a final velocity of 70 m/s. How long does it take to reach this velocity if the acceleration is 16 m/s/s?

• 24 s

• 18 s

• 4 s

• 6 s

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A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 40 m/s

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