Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A car accelerates from 0 to 25 miles per hour in 10 seconds. What is the
rate of acceleration?
a. | 2.0 miles/hour/second | c. | 1.0 miles/hour/second | b. | 2.5
miles/hour/second | d. | 250
miles/hour/second |
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A rocket takes 20 seconds to slow down from 800 km/hr to 400 km/hr. What
is the rocket’s deceleration?
a. | - 40 km/hr/sec | c. | - 50 km/hr/sec | b. | - 20 km/hr/sec | d. | - 30 km/hr/sec |
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A runner sprints 10 meters in 2 seconds, assuming the sprinter started from a
stand still what is his acceleration at 10 meters?
a. | 10 m/s2 | c. | 2.5 m/s2 | b. | 5 m/s2 | d. | 20
m/s2 |
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Which of the following is a measurement of acceleration?
a. | 10 km/hr/sec | c. | 10 km | b. | 10 km/hr | d. | 10 hr |
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A baseball pitcher throws a fastball that moves from 0 mph to 80 mph in 2
seconds, find the acceleration.
a. | 50 mph/s | c. | 60 mph/s | b. | 40 mph/s | d. | 70 mph/s |
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Given: final velocity = 200 km/hr, initial velocity = 100 km/hr, and the time
interval = 10 seconds. Find acceleration.
a. | 10 km/hr/sec | c. | 40 km/hr/sec | b. | 30 km/hr/sec | d. | 20 km/hr/sec |
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 Use the graph above to find the bike’s
acceleration. a. | 40 m/s/s | c. | 20 m/s/s | b. | 10 m/s/s | d. | 30 m/s/s |
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A train slows down from 10 m/s to 4 m/s in 2 seconds, find the
deceleration.
a. | -4 m/s2 | c. | -2 m/s2 | b. | -5 m/s2 | d. | -3
m/s2 |
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 Use the graph above to find the deceleration of an
object. a. | 6.67 m/s2 | c. | 8.33 m/s2 | b. | 10.33 m/s2 | d. | 12.67
m/s2 |
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Acceleration can be describe as a
a. | change in direction | c. | change in velocity and time | b. | change in
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