Physics

What is the curved path that an object follows when thrown or launched near the surface of the Earth?

• Terminal Velocity
• Projectile Motion
• Free Fall
• Gravity

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Peanut ran 50 meters in 10 seconds.  What was Peanut's average speed?

• 2 m/s
• 5 km/h
• 5 m/s
• 5 m/s North

When a skydiver is falling through the air, they are in free fall.

• True 
• False

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When an object has a net force of 0 N, it is an example of what kind of force?

• Balanced
• Unbalanced
• Acceleration
• Gravity

If we drop a steel sphere and a ping pong ball, the steel sphere will...

• hit the ground first because it has more mass
• hit the ground second because it takes longer to accelerate 
• hit the ground at the same time as the ping pong ball 

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The force of __________________ is a type of friction that works against the motion of falling objects.

• Terminal Velocity
• Gravity
• Free Fall
• Air Resistance

A force is a ____________________

• push or pull
• motion
• speed
• net force

The net force is 

• The force you feel when you catch a fish in a net
• The force acting upward on a sky diver
• the combination of all of the forces acting on an object
• always unbalanced

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If you traveled to Jupiter, what would change?

• Your weight and mass
• your weight
• your mass
• your height

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Which of the options below is an example of velocity?

• 20 m/s
• 200 km/h
• 20 m/s East
• 20 East