Linear Motion Study Guide

the speed at any instant

• acceleration

• deceleration

• free fall

• instantaneous speed

an object moving only under the influence of gravity

• free fall

• acceleration

• deceleration

• velocity

how fast and in what direction an object is traveling

• acceleration

• deceleration

• instantaneous speed

• velocity

acceleration in the opposite direction

• deceleration

• free fall

• instantaneous speed

• velocity

Take the TOTAL distance divided by the TOTAL time to find the

• average speed

• free fall

• deceleration

• acceleration

The rate at which velocity changes

• acceleration

• instantaneous speed

• average speed

• free fall

A race car traveling on a circular track at a constant speed is accelerating.

• True

• False

Acceleration is a vector quantity.

• True

• False

Acceleration is increasing and decreasing velocity.

• True

• False

• True

• False