Acceleration Flashcards
Acceleration
That rate at which you change your velocity.
Example:
Every second, he was going 5mph faster than the second before.
That rate at which you change your velocity.
Example:
Every second, he was going 5mph faster than the second before.
Acceleration
Acceleration = (8 mph) / second
Another way of saying that someone is accelerating in such a fashion that each second they were going 8 mph faster than the second before?
Another way of saying that someone is accelerating in such a fashion that each second they were going 8 mph faster than the second before?
Acceleration = (8 mph) / second
Another way of saying that someone is accelerating in such a fashion that each second they were going 7 meters per second faster than the second before?
Acceleration = (7 m/s) / s
or
7m/s2
acceleration / time graph
A motion graph with time on the horizontal axis and acceleration on the vertical axis.
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The symbol for acceleration
The symbol for acceleration
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Acceleration can mean….
Speeding up
Slowing down
or
Turning
(Basically, anything you could feel while you were in a car would indicate acceleration)
Acceleration
Vector Quantity or not?
Vector
- 5 m/s2 has both magnitude (5) and direction (negative).
So, its a vector or vector quantity.
What control or controls in a car is often used to cause the car to accelerate?
Gas Pedal
Brakes
Steering Wheel
(Remember, an acceleration can mean speeding up, slowing down, or turning)
