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Constant Speed Vs. Acceleration

Test Description: Understand the nature of motion.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Acceleration is . . .

Aspeeding up, slowing down, or changing direction. Bchanging direction. Cspeeding up or slowing down. Dtraveling the same distance during every time interval.

2) A ball rolls along the floor. After making a position vs. time graph you can use the slope of your line to determine the ball's __________.

Aaverage velocity. Bmomentum. Caverage acceleration. Dacceleration due to gravity.

3) You take a trip that covers 240 kilometers and takes 4 hours. Your average speed is ____.

A0.0167 km/h B960 km/h C60 km/h D244 km/h

4) A race car's velocity increases from 7.0 m/s to 42 m/s over a 7.0 s time interval. What is its average acceleration?

A6 m/s2 B7 m/s2 C1 m/s2 D5 m/s2

5) A car is traveling down I-85, it travels 50 miles during the first hour, 50 miles in the second hour and 50 miles in the third hour. Its acceleration is ____.

A50 mi/h B50 mi/h2 C0 mi/h D0 mi/h2

6) What is the speed of an object at rest?

A0 m/s2 B9.8 m/s C9.8 m/s2 D0 m/s

7) Suppose that an object is moving with a constant velocity. The acceleration must be

Aequal to zero. Ba constant non-zero number. Cconstantly decreasing. Dconstantly increasing.

8) An object is slowing down when its velocity and acceleration are ___________.

Aequal. Bin opposite directions. Cin the same direction. Dzero.

9) Which is the correct unit for acceleration?

Am/s2 Bm/s3 Cm Dm/s

10) Which is the variable for displacement?

Ax Bt Cv Da

*select an answer for all questions

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