Uniform Acceleration

A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15 m/s², changing its velocity from 0 m/s to 50 m/s down the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?

• 750 seconds
• 35 seconds
• 0.3 seconds
• 3.3 seconds

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A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 40 m/s

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A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s.  What was the acceleration?

• 0 m/s
• 40 m/s²
• -40 m/s²
• 40 m/s

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The SI unit for acceleration is

• mph
• ft/sec²
• m/s²

A block starting from rest slides down the length of an 18 meter plank with a uniform acceleration of 4.0 m/s². How long does the block take to reach the bottom?

• 4.5 s
• 2.0 s
• 3.0 s
• 9.0 s

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The speed of an object undergoing constant acceleration increases from 8.0 m/s to 16.0 m/s in 10. s. How far does the object travel during the 10. seconds?

• 360 m
• 160 m
• 120 m
• 80. m

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A car accelerates uniformly from rest at 3.2 m/s². When the car has traveled a distance of 40. m, its speed will be

• 8.0 m/s
• 12.5 m/s
• 16 m/s
• 128 m/s

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Acceleration is a __________ quantity

• Vector

• scalar

Acceleration: is the rate of change in ___________.

• speed
• distance
• velocity 
• displacement 

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In each of the following cases, determine where the car has no acceleration ?

• A car shortly after a stoplight turns green.
• A car approaching a red light
• A car with the cruise control set at 80 km/h
• A car moving down a ramp

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