Aceleration Flashcards

Flashcards for revising acceleration

What is speed?

A scalar quantity representing the rate of change in the distance travelled by an object.

What is velocity?

A vector quantity representing the speed of an object in a particular direction.

What is acceleration?

The rate of change in speed or velocity.

What does the symbol 'u' represent in physics equations?

Initial speed

What does the symbol 'v' represent in physics equations?

Final speed

What does the symbol 'a' represent in physics equations?

Acceleration

What does the symbol 't' represent in physics equations?

Time

What is the formula to calculate acceleration?

a = (v - u) / t

What is deceleration?

Negative acceleration or the term used when an object slows down