Free Fall Quiz

When an object is free falling it is traveling with

• Constant velocity

• Constant acceleration

• Zero velocity

• Changing acceleration

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All free falling objects accelerate with a value of

• 0m/s²

• 9.8m/s²

• -9.8m/s²

• -5m/s²

If a bowling ball and a sheet of notebook paper are dropped from the same height and air resistance is ignored...

• The bowling ball will reach the ground first

• The sheet of paper will reach the ground first

• They will reach the ground at the same time

Mass affects the time it takes an object to free fall when air resistance is not a factor.

• True

• False

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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When there is no air resistance, objects of different masses dropped from rest

• fall with equal accelerations and with equal displacements.
• fall with different accelerations and with different displacements.
• fall with equal accelerations and with different displacements.
• fall with different accelerations and with equal displacements.

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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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