1.2 - What is Acceleration?
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Practice Questions
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Define acceleration in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about how a car speeds up or slows down.
What is the SI unit of acceleration?
💡 Hint: Think about how we measure speed over time.
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What is acceleration?
💡 Hint: Think about direction and speed together.
Is it true that uniform acceleration means constant acceleration?
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of uniform acceleration.
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A car accelerates uniformly from rest to 100 m/s in 10 seconds. How far does it travel in this time?
💡 Hint: Calculate the acceleration and then use the distance formula!
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.
💡 Hint: Use the acceleration formula first!
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