A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be

the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards.

less than the speed it had when thrown upwards.

more than the speed it had when thrown upwards.

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.

What is terminal velocity?

The highest speed an object reaches because air resistance offsets gravity in the real world

When an object reaches its final velocity of zero

What happens to the total distance that a ball travels as it falls off the side of a cliff?

The distance increases at a nonuniform rate

The distance increases at a uniform rate

The distance decreases at a uniform rate

What happens to the velocity of a ball as it is dropped off a cliff?

It increases at a non-uniform rate

In a normal environment, why does a bowling ball and feather hit the ground at different times when dropped from the same height?

They don't; they hit the ground at the same time.

One is more dense than the other.

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?

the instant it leaves the catcher’s hand

the instant before it arrives in the catcher’s mitt

Which of these is an example of deceleration?

A roller coaster moving down a steep hill.

An airplane following a straight flight path.

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

hit the ground at the same time as the ping pong ball

hit the ground first because it has more mass

hit the ground second because it takes longer to accelerate

Cody jumps up 0.700 m with a speed of 3.70 m/s. What is his hang time?)

He will stay suspended forever.

Do free falling objects move at constant velocity or do they accelerate?

Falling objects accelerate at 9.8 m/s 2

Falling object move at constant velocity

Falling objects accelerate at 100 m/s 2

It depends on the mass: heavy objects accelerate, light objects do not

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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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The change in velocity in a given time period is?

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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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1. An object free falls for 3.5 seconds. How far does it fall?

120.05 m

17.15 m

60.03 m

34.3 m

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Free Fall / Throw up

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?

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?

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?

The change in velocity in a given time period is?

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

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

1. An object free falls for 3.5 seconds. How far does it fall?

If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its velocity at the highest point?

A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be

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

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