Free fall

A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground. What happens to the velocity as the book falls to the ground

• the velocity increases

• the velocity decreases

• the velocity remain constant

A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground. What happens to the acceleration as the book falls to the ground

• the acceleration increases

• the acceleration decreases

• the acceleration remains constant

A baseball is thrown up into the air. What happens to the velocity as the ball rises in the air?

• the velocity increases

• the velocity decreases

• the velocity remains constant

A baseball is thrown up into the air. What direction is the velocity of the ball?

• upward

• downward

A baseball is thrown up into the air. What direction is the acceleration of the ball?

• upward

• downward

The change in velocity in a given time period is?

• Vi
• Vf
• a
• d

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.

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

Juan is standing on the top observation deck of the Eiffel Tower in Paris at a height of 300 meters. He drops his cell phone. How fast will the phone be traveling when it hits the ground? Ignore the effect of air resistance.

• 9.8 m/s

• 76.68 m/s

• 149.76 m/s

• 46.99 m/s

If an object is in free fall for three seconds, how fast will it be falling?

• 9.8 m/s

• 19.6 m/s

• 29.4 m/s

• 39.2 m/s