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WorksheetsForces & Motion: Acceleration
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 20mins
a=tΔυ
An object at rest begins to move to a final speed of 30 m/s in 5 seconds. Calculate the object's acceleration.
6 m/s2
-6 m/s2
150 m/s2
0.17 m/s2
a=tΔν
An object traveling at speed of 20 m/s increases to a speed of 80 m/s in 3 seconds. What is the object's acceleration?
20 m/s2
-20 m/s2
33.3 m/s2
4 m/s
a=tΔv
An objects traveling at 10 m/s comes to a complete stop in 2 seconds. What is the objects acceleration?
-5 m/s2
5 m/s2
0.2 m/s2
200 m/s2
a=tΔv
An object traveling at 80 m/s slows to a speed of 30 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the object's acceleration?
-10 m/s2
10 m/s2
6 m/s2
-10 m/s
a=tΔv
Sami coasted on her bike straight down a hill, accelerating from a speed of 3 m/s to 15 m/s in a total time of 6 seconds. What was her acceleration?
1 m/s2
-1 m/s2
2 m/s2
1m/s
a=tΔv
A car traveling at 25 m/s slows down at a constant rate for 5 seconds until it stops. What is its acceleration?
-3 m/s2
5 m/s2
48 m/s2
-5 m/s2
a=tΔv
A runner covers the last straight stretch of a race in 3 seconds. During that time, he speeds up from 3 m/s to 9 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration in this part of the race?
1 m/s2
-1 m/s2
2 m/s
2 m/s2
a=tΔv
A car traveling at 10 m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 20 seconds. What is its acceleration?
-0.5 m/s2
0.5 m/s2
2 m/s2
-2 m/s2
a=tΔv
A car traveling at a speed of 25 m/s increases its speed to 30.0 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the magnitude of its acceleration?
0.5 m/s2
-0.5 m/s2
-5.5 m/s2
2 m/s2
t=aΔv
A train travels at a constant acceleration of 10 m/s², starting from standstill at a station and traveling along a straight track. How long does it take the train to reach 150 m/s?
15 s
15 m/s
-15 s
1500 s
A roller coaster is moving at 25 m/s at the bottom of a hill. Three seconds later it reaches the top of the hill moving at 10 m/s. What was the acceleration of the coaster?
-5 m/s2
5 m/s2
9.33 m/s2
-9.33 m/s2
Mars’ gravitational force is less than that of Earth’s . If an astronaut drops a hammer and its speed increases from 0 to 15 m/s in 4.04 s, what is the acceleration due to gravity on Mars?
9.8 m/s2
0.269 m/s2
60.6 m/s2
3.71 m/s2
A car begins at a speed of 3m/s and accelerates at 2m/s2 over a distance of 40m, calculate the final speed of the car.
(a)
A runner reaches a speed of 3m/s after accelerating at 2.25m/s2 whilst travelling a distance of 2m, calculate the initial speed of the runner.
(a)
A bicycle accelerates from rest to 6m/s in a distance of 50m, calculate the acceleration.
(a)
A person who is initially stationary is eventually walking at a speed of 1.5 m/s after an acceleration of 0.5 m/s2 , calculate the distance it takes them to reach this speed.
(a)
A car reaches a speed of 15 m/s after an acceleration of 2 m/s2 over a distance of 44m, calculate the initial speed
(a)
A motorbike reaches a speed of 20 m/s over 60m, whilst accelerating at 3 m/s2 , determine the bike’s initial speed.
(a)
A person begins moving after initially being stationary, the person accelerates at 0.5 m/s2 over a distance of 9m, what is their final speed?
(a)
A lorry pulls forward after initially being stationary, it takes the lorry 40m to reach a speed of 8 m/s, calculate the lorry’s acceleration.
(a)
A child travels down a slide, at the top the child is initially at rest, at the bottom the child is travelling at a speed of 3 m/s, the child’s acceleration is 1 m/s2 , how long is the slide?
(a)
