Acceleration Review

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 approaching a red light

• A car maintaining its velocity with the cruise control set at 80 m/s

• A car changing its direction when turning a curve at a constant speed

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What is happening in this graph from point B to C?

• The object is going down a hill.
• The object is slowing down.
• The object is staying still.

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Which section of the graph shows constant velocity?

• AB
• BC
• EF

Acceleration measures...

• How far an object has travelled

• How long it takes an object to get from one place to another

• How the velocity of an object changes over time

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Acceleration can be classified as _______________

• Speeding up
• Slowing Down
• Changing directions
• All of the above

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This is a velocity-time graph.  What is the object doing in segment C?

• speeding up
• slowing down 
• moving with constant velocity

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This is a velocity-time graph.  What is the object doing in segment B?

• speeding up 
• moving with constant velocity
• Not moving

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What kind of acceleration is shown here?

• positive
• negative
• none

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Is this object accelerating?

• no

• yes

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Is this object accelerating?

• no

• yes

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