alleryStart learning →What does it mean for an object to have constant acceleration?
AIts acceleration does not change over time
BIts velocity never changes at all
CIts position never changes at all
DIts acceleration changes at a steady rate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Its acceleration does not change over time
1. Constant acceleration describes the acceleration itself, not the velocity or the position.
2. Under constant acceleration, velocity still changes steadily even though the rate of that change stays fixed.
3. So a constant acceleration is simply one whose value does not vary with time.
_Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Acceleration", section 3.2 Representing Acceleration with Equations and Graphs_
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