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Knowledge:

Unit 3: Motion Chapter 9 Acceleration Quiz

Name: ____________Block: __________

Level 1/2

1. How is acceleration dened?

A. the rate at which an object changes its velocity

B. the dierence between the initial time and the nal time
C. the rate at which an object travels over a given distance
D. the displacement of an object during a time interval divided by the time interval
2. A NASA space shuttle accelerates from rest to a velocity of 50 m/s in 4 s. What calculation must
be used to determine the shuttles acceleration?

Level 1/2

3. A drag racer uses a parachute to slow down after reaching top speed at the racetrack. What kind
of acceleration does the parachute create on the car?
A. zero acceleration
B. positive acceleration
C. negative acceleration
D. both negative and positive acceleration
4.

Use the following graph to match the correct line to the description given
A. initially travelling up, accelerating to a stop, and then increasing its speed downward ___
B. Starting from rest and accelerating upward ___
C. initially travelling down and increasing its speed in a downward direction ___
D. travelling upward with a constant speed ___

Level 3/4

5. A boy drops a stone off of the Eiffel tower. The stone takes 8 seconds to fall to the bottom of the
tower. What is the velocity of the stone just before it reaches the ground? (show all calculations)

6. A horse that is running forward at 25 m/s stops and then backs up at 2.0 m/s. What is the horses
change in velocity? (show all calculations)

Level
3/4:

7. The velocity of a jogger is recorded in the table below. If forward motion is positive (+), state during which 5.0 s time
interval the joggers acceleration was:

Level
5/6:

A.

positive (+)

B.

negative (-)

C.

zero

8. A penny and a feather are located at the top of a vertical container with all air removed. If they
are released at the same time, describe the motion of the two objects in terms of:
(a) change in velocity

(b) acceleration

(c) time to fall

Level
5/6:

Use the graph below to help you answer questions 9 to 11.

9.

What is the velocity of the object at the following times? Be sure to include direction.
(a) t = 1.0 s
(b) t = 4.0 s
(c) t = 6.0 s

10. What is the acceleration during each of the following time intervals? Be sure to include direction.
(a) t = 0.0 s t = 2.0 s
(b) t = 2.0 s t = 3.0 s
(c) t = 3.0 s t = 5.0 s
(d) t = 5.0 s t = 8.0 s
11. In a short sentence, describe the motion of the object in each of the following time intervals.
(a) t = 0.0 s t = 2.0 s
(b) t = 2.0 s t = 3.0 s
(c) t = 3.0 s t = 5.0 s
(d) t = 5.0 s t = 8.0 s

Level
7/8:

12. Compare and contrast velocity and acceleration.