Gravity, Freefall, Projectiles & falling objects

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Physics
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6th - 8th Grade
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Diana VanTassell
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Two factors affecting the strength of gravity between 2 objects are...
weight and mass
distance and weight
mass and matter
mass and distance
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building it reaches the ground in 3 seconds. What is its velocity upon impact?
9.8 m/s
19.6 m/s
29.4 m/s
30 m/s
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NGSS.HS-PS2-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
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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NGSS.HS-PS2-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase each second by
its rate depends on its initial speed
15 m/s
9.8 m/s
5 m/s
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NGSS.HS-PS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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NGSS.MS-PS2-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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NGSS.MS-PS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Without air resistance, objects of different masses fall at the same rate because
the objects receive equal gravitational pull
the heavier object receives more gravitational pull than the lighter object
the lighter object receives more gravitational pull than the heavier object
this is a trick question...objects of different masses do not fall at the same rate
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NGSS.MS-PS2-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If an object is accelerating,
there is an equal amount of gravity and air resistance
there is more air resistance than gravity
there is less gravity than air resistance
there is more gravity than air resistance
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NGSS.MS-PS2-2
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If an object is NOT accelerating,
gravity and air resistance are equal
they have reached terminal velocity
they are falling at a constant velocity
all of the answers are true
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NGSS.HS-PS2-1
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