ACCELERATION QUIZ g7
ACCELERATION QUIZ g7
ACCELERATION QUIZ g7
1. A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its
speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average
acceleration?
2. A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 70 km/h in 7 seconds. Find
the car’s average acceleration.
3. A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?
4. . A runner covers the last straight stretch of a race in 4 s. During that time, he speeds up from 5 m/s to
9 m/s. What is the runner’s acceleration in this part of the race?
5. You are traveling in a car that is moving at a velocity of 20 m/s. Suddenly, a car 10 meters in front of
you slams on it’s brakes. At that moment, you also slam on your brakes and slow to 5 m/s. Calculate the
acceleration if it took 2 seconds to slow your car down.
6. . A ball is dropped from the top of a building. After 2 seconds, it’s velocity is measured to be 19.6 m/s.
Calculate the acceleration for the dropped ball.