Free Fall and Terminal Velocity

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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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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The change in velocity in a given time period is?

• V

• t

• a

• d

When speed and direction remain the same throughout a motion, this is called?

• Accelerated motion
• Constant motion
• Changing motion
• Changing velocity

When the velocity of an object does not change, what happens to its acceleration?

• Nothing, it does not accelerate

• It is a constant acceleration

• It is a changing acceleration

When an object falls in physics world, what happens?

• It accelerates at a constant rate until it hits the ground
• It accelerates at a non-constant rate until it hits the ground
• It accelerates at a constant rate until it reaches terminal velocity
• It accelerates at a non-constant rate until it reaches terminal velocity

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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 deceleration as it moves upward.

II. The velocity of the ball is 0 m/s² 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

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.

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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