Force
Acceleration
Problems
Friction
Problems
Calculate Acceleration
100

Unbalanced forces _________________________ velocity.

What is change?

100

 _______________________ is the change in velocity divided by the time it took for the change to occur.

What is Acceleration?

100

What is the average speed of a cheetah that sprints 80 m in 8s?

What is 10m/s?

100

 ______________________ is the force that opposes the sliding motion of two surfaces.

what is friction?

100

If you travel a distance of 144 meters in 12 second, what is your average speed?

What is 12 m/s?

100

A cricket accelerates from 4 m/s to 18 m/s in 9 seconds. What is the cricket’s average acceleration?

1.6 m/s^2

200

Forces on an object that are equal in size but opposite in direction are called __________________________

What are balanced forces?

200

Acceleration has an SI unit of ______________________

What is meters per seconds squared (m/s2)

200

Jane jogs a path that is 54 meters long due West of her home.  It takes her 9 minutes to jog the path. What is her average velocity

What is 6 minutes?

200

When two surfaces are in contact, __________________________ forms, which causes friction to occur.

What is microweld?

200

A bullet is shot from a rifle at a speed of 5 m/s. How long will it take for the bullet to strike a target 45 meters away?

What is 9 seconds?

200

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.

10m/s^2

300

Force has a SI unit of ___________________________ .

What is Newton?

300

In the acceleration equation, vi stands for ______________________ and vf stand for ______________________ .

What is initial velocity and final velocity?

300

What is the average speed of an object that travels 33 meters in 11 seconds?

What is 3 m/s?

300

If you push on an object and it does not move, what kind of friction are you dealing with? ______________________________

What is static friction?

300

If a car moves at a speed of 5 m/s.  How far will the car travel in 4 seconds?

What is 20 meters?

300

A skateboarder traveling at 7.0 meters per second rolls to a stop at the top of a ramp in 3.0 seconds. What is the skateboarder’s acceleration?

-2.3m/s^2

400

When two forces are unbalanced, the net force is the ___________________ .

What is the difference?

400

If you are slowing down, your acceleration will be ___________________

What is negative?

400

Carly headed down Dickson road heading North. He ran for a total of 7 hours and covered 21 miles.  What is his average velocity?

What is 3 m/s North?

400

If you push on a box and you are able to slide it across the floor, what kind of friction are you dealing with? ____________________

What is sliding friction?

400

If you pull out of your driveway in 9 seconds and reach a speed of 54 m/s. How fast did you accelerate?

What is 6 m/s2?

400

From rest, after traveling for 6.0 seconds, a runner reaches a speed of 10 m/s. What is the runner’s acceleration?

1.7m/s^2

500

______________________ is a push or a pull one object exerts on another

What is Force?

500

What is the formula for acceleration? ____________________

what is a=vf-vi/tf-ti?

500

A car is traveling at the speed of 10m/s at the top of a hill.  Seven seconds later it reaches the bottom of the hill and is now moving at 38m/s.  What is the rate of acceleration of the car?

What is 4 m/s2?

500

What is the formula for time? ______________________

What is t=d/v

500

You are traveling along at 48 meters per second when you notice a stop light ahead.  You decelerate to 0 m/s in 8 seconds.  What is your acceleration?

What is 6 m/s2?

500

Falling objects drop with an average acceleration of 9.8 m/s2 . If an object falls from a tall building, how long will it take before it reaches a speed of 49 m/s?

5 seconds