Acceleration

Author:Dr. K.Prabhakara Reddy, Shobana Ramkumar, Dr. Gayatri Ramachandran & G. Devika
7th CBSE
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Important Questions on Acceleration

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A child drops a ball from a window. The ball strikes the ground in 4 seconds. What is the velocity of the ball the instant before it hits the ground?

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How long will it take a car to accelerate from 15.3 m/s to 24.6 m/s if the car has an average acceleration of 3.1 m/s2

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Describe a situation where you can accelerate but the speed doesn’t change.

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A body gets decelerated as it moves away from the earth and accelerates as it approaches the earth. Explain.

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What do you mean by positive acceleration and negative acceleration? What do they signify?

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What is acceleration? Derive the SI units from the definition of acceleration.

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Acceleration due to gravity is an example of _____ acceleration.

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Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth is _____9.8/98/0.98 ms-2.

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Rate of change in velocity of a body is called _____.

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A body that travels with uniform speed still has acceleration.

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Bodies fall to the earth as they have mass.

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If a body moves 20 m in1st minute, 15 m in 2nd minute, it is moving with

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When a body is thrown vertically upwards its velocity will

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Differentiate between uniform acceleration and variable acceleration.

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What do you mean by average velocity of a body? Give the equation and SI unit for average velocity.