Free Fall Problems

The final requirement for a degree in geology is Field Camp, an 8 week field experience in which budding geologists must complete rigorous real-world mapping projects. To celebrate the end of field camp, one student threw his rock hammer off of a 78 m cliff with a horizontal velocity of 34 m/s. He was then reminded that he had one more day of field work, so he needed to go get his hammer. How far away from the cliff did he have to walk in order to find his hammer?

Solve for time first t= sqrt(2d/g)

then Horizontal Distance d=vt

• 221.78 m

• 153.23 m

• 135.65 m

• 78.98 m

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

• 9.8 m/s²

• 9.8 m/s

• 0 m/s²

• 0 m/s

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A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a cliff. What information is needed to find the time to fall?

• The height of the cliff

• The initial speed of the ball

• The mass of the ball

• All of these

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In Newtonian physics, ________________ is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.

• kinematics

• free fall

• mechanics

• velocity

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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

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

• It decreases at a uniform rate 

• It increases at a uniform rate 

• It is constant 

• It increases at a non-uniform rate

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

• Falling objects accelerate at -9.8 m/s²

• Falling object move at constant velocity

• Falling objects accelerate at 100 m/s²

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

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What values are always known for a free falling object?

• v_i = 0 m/s
   a = -9.8 m/s²

• v_i = -9.8 m/s
   a = -9.8 m/s²

• v_i = -9.8 m/s
   a = 0 m/s²

• d = -9.8 m
  v_i = 0 m/s

The standard acceleration due to gravity (or standard acceleration of free fall),is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. It is defined by standard as:

• 9.8 m/s.

• 9.8 m.

• 9.8 m/s².

• 9.8 s.

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Which of the following graphs best represents free fall motion?

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