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Forces & Motion: Acceleration

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a=Δυta=\frac{\Delta\upsilon}{t}  

An object at rest begins to move to a final speed of 30 m/s in 5 seconds. Calculate the object's acceleration.

a)

6 m/s2

b)

-6 m/s2

c)

150 m/s2

d)

0.17 m/s2

2.

a=Δνta=\frac{\Delta\nu}{t}  

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?

a)

20 m/s2

b)

-20 m/s2

c)

33.3 m/s2

d)

4 m/s

3.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

An objects traveling at 10 m/s comes to a complete stop in 2 seconds. What is the objects acceleration?

a)

-5 m/s2

b)

5 m/s2

c)

0.2 m/s2

d)

200 m/s2

4.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

An object traveling at 80 m/s slows to a speed of 30 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the object's acceleration?

a)

-10 m/s2

b)

10 m/s2

c)

6 m/s2

d)

-10 m/s

5.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

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?

a)

1 m/s2

b)

-1 m/s2

c)

2 m/s2

d)

1m/s

6.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

A car traveling at 25 m/s slows down at a constant rate for 5 seconds until it stops. What is its acceleration?

a)

-3 m/s2

b)

5 m/s2

c)

48 m/s2

d)

-5 m/s2

7.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

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?

a)

1 m/s2

b)

-1 m/s2

c)

2 m/s

d)

2 m/s2

8.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

A car traveling at 10 m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 20 seconds. What is its acceleration?

a)

-0.5 m/s2

b)

0.5 m/s2

c)

2 m/s2

d)

-2 m/s2

9.

a=Δvta=\frac{\Delta v}{t}  

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?

a)

0.5 m/s2

b)

-0.5 m/s2

c)

-5.5 m/s2

d)

2 m/s2

10.

t=Δvat=\frac{\Delta v}{a}  

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?

a)

15 s

b)

15 m/s

c)

-15 s

d)

1500 s

11.

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?

a)

-5 m/s2

b)

5 m/s2

c)

9.33 m/s2

d)

-9.33 m/s2

12.

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?

a)

9.8 m/s2

b)

0.269 m/s2

c)

60.6 m/s2

d)

3.71 m/s2

13.
A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?
a)
750 seconds
b)
35 seconds
c)
0.3 seconds
d)
3.3 seconds
14.

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)  

15.

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)  

16.

A bicycle accelerates from rest to 6m/s in a distance of 50m, calculate the acceleration.

(a)  

17.

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)  

18.

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)  

19.

A motorbike reaches a speed of 20 m/s over 60m, whilst accelerating at 3 m/s2 , determine the bike’s initial speed.

(a)  

20.

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)  

21.

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)  

22.

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)