Quiz  /  Acceleration

  • 1. 
    Acceleration is the rate of change of an object's _______.

  • Momentum
  • Force
  • Speed
  • Velocity

  • 2. 
    What is the standard unit of measurement for acceleration?

  • Meters per second squared
  • Seconds per meter
  • Meters
  • Meters per second

  • 3. 
    Acceleration is a vector measurement because it has both a magnitude and a ________.

  • Direction
  • Time
  • Distance
  • Speed

  • 4. 
    According to Newton's Second Law, mass times acceleration equals _______.

  • Weight
  • Time
  • Force
  • Distance

  • 5. 
    Which of the following formulas is used to find acceleration?

  • a = Fm
  • a = m/F
  • a = mv
  • a = F/m

  • 6. 
    An object with constant acceleration will have an increasing _______.

  • Direction
  • Weight
  • Mass
  • Velocity

  • 7. 
    True or False: Assuming no air friction, an object in freefall would have constant acceleration.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 8. 
    If the velocity of an object changed from 30 m/s to 60 m/s over a period of 10 seconds, what would the average acceleration be?

  • 3 meters per second squared
  • 1 meters per second squared
  • 6 meters per second squared
  • 30 meters per second squared

  • 9. 
    If the velocity of an object changed from 100 m/s to 700 m/s over a period of 1 minute, what would the average acceleration be?

  • 60 meters per second squared
  • 6 meters per second squared
  • 1 meters per second squared
  • 10 meters per second squared

  • 10. 
    What is another term used for negative acceleration?

  • Direction
  • Speed
  • Velocity
  • Deceleration
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