Falling Objects

As Ethan drops a ball from a height, what happens to its potential energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It fluctuates randomly

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Henry is skydiving and wants to know what terminal velocity is. What is terminal velocity?

• The maximum speed an object can reach in free fall

• The speed at which an object burns up in the atmosphere

• The velocity at which gravity and air resistance balance

• The speed of an object in orbit

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When Daniel drops a ball from a height, what type of energy transformation occurs?

• Kinetic to potential

• Potential to kinetic

• Thermal to kinetic

• Chemical to potential

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As Aria drops a ball from a height, what happens to the kinetic energy of the ball as it nears the ground?

• It decreases

• It increases

• It remains constant

• It becomes zero

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Benjamin is observing a satellite re-entering Earth's atmosphere. What role does friction play in the process of the satellite burning up?

• It generates heat through air resistance

• It slows down the satellite's descent

• It increases the satellite's mass

• It breaks the satellite into smaller pieces

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Liam and Zoe are conducting an experiment in a vacuum chamber. They want to know how the mass of an object affects its acceleration due to gravity. What will they observe?

• Heavier objects accelerate faster

• Lighter objects accelerate faster

• All objects accelerate at the same rate

• Objects with more mass don't accelerate at all

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What would happen to the potential energy of a book on a high shelf if William moved it to a lower shelf?

• It would increase

• It would decrease

• It would remain the same

• It would become zero

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The downward movement under the force of gravity only is called ____________.

• velocity

• friction

• free fall

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When a feather and a bowling ball are dropped at the same time, why does the feather hit the ground last?

• gravity

• air reistance

• free fall

• terminal velocity

What happens to the speed of an object as it falls freely under gravity?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It fluctuates randomly

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