L 3.

1 (Acceleration)

L 3.2 (Motion with constant Acceleration)

(A) Choose the correct answer:

1- Which of the following situations is impossible?
A) An object has velocity directed east and acceleration directed west.(slow down)
B)An object has velocity directed east and acceleration directed east.(speed up)
C)An object has zero velocity but non-zero acceleration.(change direction ,speed up)
D)An object has constant non-zero acceleration and changing velocity.
E)An object has constant non-zero velocity and changing acceleration.

2- If the velocity of an object is zero, then that object cannot be accelerating.

A)True
B)False

3- Suppose that a car traveling to the west begins to slow down as it approaches a traffic light.
Which of the following statements about its acceleration is correct?
A)The acceleration is toward the east.
B)Since the car is slowing down, its acceleration must be negative.
C)The acceleration is zero.
D)The acceleration is toward the west.
) If the object is slowing down, the direction of acceleration is opposite to the
direction of velocity.

4- An object moving in the +x direction experiences an acceleration of +2.0 m/s2. This means
the object
A)travels 2.0 m in every second.
B)is traveling at 2.0 m/s.
C)is decreasing its velocity by 2.0 m/s every second.
D)is increasing its velocity by 2.0 m/s every second.

5- Suppose that an object is moving with a constant velocity. Which statement concerning its
acceleration must be correct?
A)The acceleration is constantly increasing.
B)The acceleration is constantly decreasing.
C)The acceleration is a constant non-zero value.
D)The acceleration is equal to zero.
 6- If the velocity of an object is zero at one instant, what is true about the acceleration of that
object? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
A)The acceleration could be positive
B)The acceleration could be negative.
C)The acceleration could be zero.
D)The acceleration must be zero.

7- Which of the following is not true about acceleration:

A) It has both magnitude and direction
B) It is a vector quantity
C) It is the rate of change of velocity
D) It has only magnitude

8- An object is said to be accelerating if it:

A) Speeds up
B) Slows down
C) Changes direction
D) All of the above

9- When the initial velocity is greater than the final velocity the object is said to be:
A) Speeding up
B) Slowing down

10- The direction of the acceleration is opposite to the direction of the velocity if the object is:
A) Speeding up
B) Slowing down

11- If the velocity versus time graph of an object is a horizontal line above the x-axis, the object is
A moving with zero acceleration.
)
B) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
C) at rest.
D moving with increasing speed.
)
12- If the velocity versus time graph of an object is a straight line making an angle of +30° (counter
clockwise) with the time axis, the object is
A) moving with constant non-zero speed.
B) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
C) at rest.
D) moving with increasing acceleration.
13- A car accelerates from to at a constant rate of How far does it travel while
accelerating?
A) 69 m
B) 207 m
C) 41 m
D) 117 m

14- A car starts from rest and accelerates at a steady 6.00 m/s2. How far does it travel in the first
3.00 s?
A) 9.00 m
B) 18.0 m
C) 27.0 m
D) 36.0 m
E) 54 m

15- The motion of a particle is described in the velocity vs. time graph shown in the figure.

Over the nine-second interval shown, we can say that the speed (no direction )of the particle
A) Only increases
B) Olnly decreases
C) Increases and then decreases
D) Decreases (from 2.5 m/s to 0 m/s)and then increases(from 0 m/s to 3.5 m/s )
E) Remains constant

(B) Complete
1- Acceleration is………the average velocity divided by time………….,
its unit is……m/s2……….and it is a……vector…quantity .
 2- The object is said to be speeding up if the…final…..velocity is greater than the…
initial……velocity.

3- Acceleration is equal to zero if …the object is at rest……. Or …moving at a constant

velocity…

4- When the object is speeding up the direction of the acceleration is……the same as
…….the direction of the velocity .

5- The slope of the velocity-time graph gives the value of the object’s…acceleration…..

(C) Problems
1) A water rocket can reach a speed of 75 m/s in 0.050 seconds from launch. What is its average
acceleration?

Vf = 75 m/s
Vi = 0
T = 0.05 s

Acceleration =1500 m/s2

2) An airplane increases its speed at the average rate of 15 m/s2. How much time does it take to
increase its speed from 100 m/s to 160 m/s?

Vf = 160 m/s
Vi = 100 m/s
a = 15 m/s2

t =4 s

3) A racquetball strikes a wall with a speed of 30 m/s and rebounds in the opposite direction with a
speed of 26 m/s. The collision takes 0.02 s. What is the average acceleration of the ball during the
collision with the wall?
Vi = 30 m/s to the right

Vf = - 26 m/s to the left

T= 0.02 s

Acceleration = -2800 m/s2

4) If a car accelerates at a uniform 4.0 m/s2, how long will it take to reach a speed of 22.2 m/s, starting
from rest?

Vi = 0
Vf = 22.2 m/s
Acceleration = 4 m/s2

T= 5.6 s

5) An auto accelerates forward from 7.0 m/s at a uniform 0.71 m/s2. It travels a distance of 1033 m
while accelerating.
(a) How fast is the auto moving just as it is traveled the 1033 m?

39 m/s

(b) How many seconds did it take to travel the 1033 m?

45 s

6) In a ballistics test, a bullet moving horizontally with a speed of 500 m/s strikes a sandbag and
penetrates a distance of 0.1 m.
(a) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the bullet in the sandbag?

-1250000 m/s2

7) (b) How many seconds does it take the bullet to come to rest in the sandbag?

0.0004 s
 7) A cart with an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s to the right experiences a constant acceleration of 2.0
m/s2 to the right. What is the cart's displacement during the first 6.0 s of this motion?

66 m

(D) According to the velocity-time graph in

figure, is the acceleration of object A ( greater
than or less than ) acceleration of object B ?
And Why?

Acceleration of object A is greater than

acceleration of object B, because the line is
steeper.

(E) For two objects A and B ;

(a) Object A is ( speeding up / slowing down )

(b) Object B has a ( positive / negative)

acceleration.
(F) According to the graph in figure, choose the correct answer:

1- The jogger is at rest during the interval:

a. AB
b. BC
c. DE
d. EF
2- During which of the following intervals does the jogger have a constant positive velocity?
a. BC
b. CD
c. DE
d. FG
3- During which interval is the magnitude of the jogger’s acceleration the greatest?
a. AB
b. BC
c. DE
d. EF
4- During which of the following intervals is the speed of the jogger decreasing?
a. AB only
b. AB and CD
c. AB, CD and EF
d. EF only
(G) Sketch a velocity-time graph for :
a. An object whose initial velocity is negative but whose acceleration is positive.

b. An object moving at constant negative velocity