Unit 3 - Acceleration

Definition of Acceleration

What 3 ways can an object accelerated?

• Speed Up

• Slow down

• Have constant velocity

• Change Direction

If an object travels the same distance every second, it is..

• Increasing velocity

• Decreasing velocity

• Has constant velocity

Acceleration due to gravity

• 10 m/s^s

• 9.8 m/s^2

• 10 m/s

• 9.8 m/s

Unit used for position/distance/displacement?

• meters

• m/s

• m/s^2

Units used for velocity?

• meters

• m/s

• m/s^2

Units used for acceleration?

• meters

• m/s

• m/s^2

What causes a piece of paper to fall to the ground slower than a tennis ball?

Definition of freefall

An object traveling in the positive direction has..

• Positive velocity

• Negative Velocity

• Constant Velocity

• Zero Velocity