Acceleration Direction

Which situation would be indicated by an acceleration arrow and a final velocity arrow pointing in the same direction?

• an object speeding up

• an object at a standstill

• an object slowing down

Which direction would an acceleration arrow point when a bicycle is going around a curve?

• straight ahead

• toward the inside of the curve

• in the direction behind the bicycle

x-axis of a graph

• acceleration

• horizontal

• acceleration formula

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final speed minus initial speed, divided by time

• acceleration

• speed

• relative motion

change in velocity during a period of time

• acceleration

• velocity

• speed

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Acceleration occurs when there is a change in speed or

• direction

• time

• distance

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When an object is traveling at a constant speed, it is indicated on a speed-time graph by a _____ line

• Horizontal

• vertical

• diagonal

• curved

When velocity decreases, velocity and acceleration arrows point in the same direction

• true

• false

What are the SI units for acceleration?

• m/s

• m/s/s

• mph

• m/h/s

Acceleration is a change in

• speed

• velocity

• position

• displacement