Free Fall Test Review

What is the distance a ball falls after 1,2,3,4,5 seconds (assume g is rounded to 10 m/s²)?

• 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 m (meters)
• 5, 20, 45, 80,125 m (meters)
• 5, 10,15, 20, 25 m (meters)
• 10, 25, 60, 90,120 m (meters)

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What is the velocity of a ball that has been dropped off a cliff after 1 , 2, 3, 4, and 5 seconds? (assume g is rounded to 10 m/s²)?. 

• 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 m/s
• 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 m/s
• 5, 20, 45, 80,125 m
• 10,10,10,10,10 m/s

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What is the acceleration of a ball that is dropped off the side of a cliff after 1,2,3,4,5 seconds? (assume g is rounded to 10 m/s²)

• 5,10,15, 20, 25 m/s²
• 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 m/s²
• 5, 20, 45, 80, 125 m/s²
• 10,10,10,10,10 m/s²

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A ball is thrown upward in the air with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. How long does it take to reach back to the point it was thrown from? (hint: total hang time)

• 4 seconds

• 2 seconds

• 6 seconds

• 8 seconds

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A ball is thrown up in the air with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. What is the ball's velocity after 2 seconds? 

• 0 m/s 
• 20 m/s traveling upward
• 20 m/s traveling downward
• 40 m/s traveling downward

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A ball is thrown up in the air with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. What is the ball's velocity after 6 seconds? 

• 20 m/s traveling upward.
• 10 m/s traveling downward.
• 20 m/s traveling downward. 
• 30 m/s traveling downward. 

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Which of the following statements applies to the motion of a ball rising and then falling in free fall?
I. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves upward.
II. The ball has constant acceleration at the top of its path.

III. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves downward.

• I only
• III only
• I and III
• I, II, and III

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A baseball catcher throws a ball vertically upward and catches it in the same spot as it returns to the mitt. At what point in the ball’s path does it experience zero velocity and nonzero acceleration at the same time?

• midway on the way up
• at the top of its path
• the instant it leaves the catcher’s hand
• the instant before it arrives in the catcher’s mitt

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Which would hit the ground first if dropped from the same height in a vacuum—a feather or a metal bolt?

• the feather
• the metal bolt
• They would hit the ground at the same time.
• They would be suspended in a vacuum.

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Which would fall with greater acceleration in a vacuum—a leaf or a stone?

• the leaf
• the stone
• They would accelerate at the same rate.
• It is difficult to determine without more information.

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