Acceleration
Acceleration: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Acceleration, SI Unit of Acceleration, Uniform Accelerated Motion, Non-uniform Accelerated Motion, Kinematic Equations of Motion, Positive Acceleration, Zero Acceleration & Negative Acceleration etc.
Important Questions on Acceleration
A positive acceleration means an increase in velocity with time.

What is the physical significance of negative acceleration?

In the given velocity-time graph which segment represent negative acceleration?

At what condition the the cceleration of a body is zero?

Is it possible for a moving object to have zero acceleration?

A cyclist rolls down a hill. He starts from rest and after he is travelling at . Then his acceleration will be . Find the value of .

If a car is having a uniform motion at , it's acceleration would be _____.

The fastest acceleration in the animal kingdom is found in the mantis shrimp. It has specialised club-like limbs that it uses to strike its prey. It can accelerate these clubs to speeds of in a time of . Calculate the acceleration (in ) of its clubs. (Give answer with one decimal part)

Some salamanders have been found to be able to accelerate their tongues at an acceleration of . The acceleration only lasts for about . If their tongue is stationary to begin with, how fast (in ) is their tongue moving after this time?

Which of the following is a vector quantity?

The rate of change of velocity is known as -

Newton's First Law of Motion states that if there is no force is acting on a body then its velocity does not change and the body will not accelerate.

Name the quantity which is defined as the rate of change of velocity.

A ball hits a wall horizontally at . It rebounds horizontally at . The ball is in contact with the wall for . What is the acceleration of the ball?

Which of the following is a unit of acceleration?

Starting from a stationary position, Rahul starts pedalling his bicycle to attain a velocity of in . Then its acceleration is _____.

A particle moves in x-y plane. The position vector of particle at any time t is The rate of change of θ at time t = 2 s. (where θ is the angle which its velocity vector makes with positive x-axis) is
