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3 meters per second squared
If the velocity of an object increased from 30 m/s to 60 m/s over a period of 10 seconds, what would the average acceleration be?
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Vf - Vi
Final Velocity - Initial Velocity
Which part of the acceleration equation demonstrates a "change in velocity?"
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The rate of change of velocity.
Define acceleration.
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See Ms. August for graph.
acceleration = 0 m/s^2
Draw a graph representing constant velocity. What can we say about this object's acceleration?
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V=D/T
What is the equation we use to calculate velocity?
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10 meters per second squared
If the velocity of an object increased from 100 m/s to 700 m/s over a period of 1 minute, what would the average acceleration be?
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m/s^2
meters per second squared
What is the standard unit of measurement for acceleration?
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The rate of distance per time in a given direction.
Define velocity.
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See Ms. August for graph.
acceleration is increasing
Draw a graph representing an object increasing its velocity. What can we say about this object's acceleration?
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1200 km/hr west
A plane flies due west for 4 1/2 hours. It travels a total of 5400 km. What was its velocity?
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9.8 meters per second squared
Ariel dropped a golf ball from her second story window. The ball starts from rest and hits the sidewalk 1.5 seconds later with a velocity of 14.7 m/s. Find the average acceleration of the golf ball.
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See Ms. August
List two other unit of measurements for acceleration.
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A vector
Because acceleration has both magnitude and direction, what is acceleration an example of?
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See Ms. August for graph.
acceleration is decreasing
Draw a graph representing an object decreasing its velocity. What can we say about this object's acceleration?
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As the incline increased, the velocity and acceleration of the object also increased.
Directly proportional relationship
In the acceleration lab, how did changing the slope of the incline change your velocity and acceleration values? What type of relationship is this considered to be?
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13.4 seconds
Jai collected the following data set for time. What was the average time for her data?
13.5 s, 13.5 s, 13.2 s |
velocity
An object with constant acceleration will have increasing...
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Deceleration.
What is another term used for negative acceleration?
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See Ms. August for graph.
velocity is increasing
Draw a graph representing an object with constant acceleration. What can we say about this object's velocity?
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gravity
What force caused the object to roll down the incline?
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34.05 seconds
Bea collected the following data set for time. What was the average time for her data?
33 s, 35.9 s, 32.8 s, 34.5 s |
zero acceleration
An object with constant velocity will have ____________ acceleration.
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Textbooks.
In the acceleration activity from this week, what material(s) represented the incline?
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See Ms. August for graph.
velocity is constant
Draw a graph representing an object with zero acceleration. What can we say about this object's velocity?
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As mass increases, velocity increases.
In the acceleration lab, how does increasing the mass of a moving object increase its velocity down the incline? What type of relationship is this considered to be?
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