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Acceleration Worksheet
Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. What is acceleration?
2. When is an object accelerating?
3. What does the slope of a velocity-time graph indicate?
4. Write what vf and vi mean.
5. Which is greater in positive acceleration, initial or final velocity?

Solve: Use another paper and show ALL work. Show the formula used and don’t forget to place
the correct units along with the final answer. Circle your final answer.

1. A car traveling at 15 m/s east starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop
in 10 seconds. What is its acceleration?
2. A train moves from rest to a speed of 25 m/s north in 30.0 seconds. What is its
acceleration? Is the train speeding up or slowing down?
3. A bike rider went upwards from 3 m/s to 8 m/s in 2 seconds, what was his
acceleration?
4. A ball is dropped downward from the top of a building. After 2 seconds, its velocity
is measured to be 19.6 m/s. Calculate the acceleration for the dropped ball.
5. While traveling south along a highway a driver slows from 24 m/s to 15 m/s in 12
seconds. What is the automobile’s acceleration?
6. A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration? Is
this acceleration higher than that of a car which accelerates from 0 m/s to 30 m/s in 8
seconds?