Practice What Is Acceleration? (1.2) - Velocity and Acceleration

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Question 1.
Define acceleration in your own words.
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Think about how a car speeds up or slows down.
Question 2.
What is the SI unit of acceleration?
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Think about how we measure speed over time.
3Question 3.
What is acceleration?
- A change in speed
- A change in velocity over time
- A constant speed
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Think about direction and speed together.
4Question 4.
Is it true that uniform acceleration means constant acceleration?
- True
- False
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Recall the definition of uniform acceleration.
Question 5.
A car accelerates uniformly from rest to 100 m/s in 10 seconds. How far does it travel in this time?
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Calculate the acceleration and then use the distance formula!
Question 6.
A ball rolls down a hill and speeds up from 0 to 30 m/s in 6 seconds. Calculate its acceleration and the distance it covers in this time.
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Use the acceleration formula first!

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