Acceleration

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

• A car shortly after a stoplight turns green.
• A car approaching a red light
• A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h
• A car turning a curve at a constant speed

Acceleration is a change in _________ or __________.

• speed or direction

• speed or distance

• displacement or speed

• speed or displacement

A car has an oil drip that drops every second. What is happening to the motion of the car shown above?

• Car is moving with a constant velocity

• Car is accelerating or speeding up

• Car is decelerating or slowing down

• Car is changing directions

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A car has an oil drip that drops every second. What is happening to the motion of the car shown above?

• Car is moving with a constant velocity

• Car is accelerating or speeding up

• Car is decelerating or slowing down

• Car is changing directions

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If an object is slowing down, what value would the acceleration be?

• positive

• negative

• both positive or negative

• Objects can only speed up

On an acceleration graph what does the X axis show?

• time

• speed

• distance

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

• The object is going down a hill.
• The object is returning to its starting location.
• 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
• GH

Acceleration measures...

• How far an object has travelled

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

• How the speed of an object changes over time

Acceleration can be classified as _______________

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