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  

In each of the following cases, determine where the car has no acceleration?

• A car speeds up after a stoplight turns green.

• A car slows down as it approaches a red light

• A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h going down a straight highway

• A car turning a curve at a constant speed

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The SI unit for acceleration is

• mph

• ft/sec

• m/s²

• m/s

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?

• 24 m/s²
• 18 m/s²
• 16 m/s²
• 16 m/s

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A car starts from rest at a stop light and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.

• 2.2m/s²
• 7.0m/s²
• 5.7m/s²
• 70m/s²

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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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The rate that a car's velocity changes is its

• speed

• force

• gravity

• acceleration

Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 

• time it takes for one place to move to another place. 
• velocity of an object.
• distance divided by the time interval 
• velocity divided by the time interval 

Acceleration only takes place when things speed up. 

• True
• False

A rightward-moving motorcycle increases its speed from 5.0 m/s to 25.0 m/s. Is the motorcycle accelerating?
 

• Yes
• No