WorksheetsAcceleration
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 23mins
In science, acceleration refers to
increasing speed
decreasing speed
changing direction
increasing speed only
What does it mean when a change in velocity is negative?
The object is speeding up.
The object is slowing down.
The object is changing direction.
The object is falling down.
If velocity is measured in meters/second and time is measured in seconds, the unit of acceleration is
m/s/s
m/s2
m/s
m
What is the final velocity of a rocket that travels for 4 seconds, has an initial velocity of 12 km/s and an acceleration of 2 km/s2?
-4 km/s
10 km/s
20 km/s
-10 km/s
Which of the following is not accelerating?
a ball being juggled
a woman walking at 2.5 m/s along a
straight road
a satellite circling Earth
a braking cyclist
A car at a stop sign speeds up to 10 mph over 2 seconds. What was its initial velocity?
10
2
0
20
