Name _____________________ Block ____ Date ____/____/____ ACCELERATION 1. A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration? 2. 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. 3. While traveling along a highway a driver slower from 24 m/s to 15m/s in 12 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car? 4. A parachute on a racing dragster opens and changes the speed of the car from 85 m/s to 45 m/s in 4.5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the dragster? 5. A car traveling at a speed of 30.0 m/s encounters an emergency and comes to a complete stop. How much time did it take for the car to stop if its acceleration was -4.0 m/s/s? 6. A motorcycle accelerates at a rate of 15 m/s/s. How long will it take for the motorcycle to reach a speed of 25 m/s if it is already traveling at 5 m/s? 7. A cart rolling down an incline for 5.0 seconds has an acceleration of 4.0 m/s/s. How fast was the cart moving if it reaches a speed of 22 m/s? 8. A skateboarder rolls to a complete stop in 5.0 seconds. How fast was he traveling if he accelerates at -2.5 m/s/s? 9. A motorcycle traveling at 25 m/s accelerates at a rate of 7.0 m/s2 for 6.0 seconds. How fast is the motorcycle traveling after the 6.0 seconds? 10. If a car can go from 0 km/hr to 100 km/hr in 8.0 seconds, what would be its final speed after 5.0 seconds if its starting speed were 80 km/hr?