Free Fall

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?

• 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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If you know the time an object is in the air, can you find the Vf of the object?

• Yes, you would have to halve the time since the Ttotal is for both rise and fall and you would have to calculate the height the object rose before finding the Vf
• Yes, you would use the time the object was in the air to find the distance the object travels upward before 
• No, you are not given enough information
• No, it depends on the acceleration, which is different on the way up and on the way down.

The change in velocity in a given time period is?

• Vi
• Vf
• a
• d

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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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If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase each second by 

• about 5 m/s.
• about 10 m/s.
• about 15 m/s.
• a rate that depends on its initial speed.

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