WorksheetsFree Fall
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins
An object falls freely from rest near the surface of Earth. What is the speed of the object after having fallen a distance at 4.90 meters?
9.80 m/s
96.1 m/s
4.90 m/s
24.0 m/s
Which is constant for a freely falling object?
displacment
acceleration
velocity
speed
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 textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground. What direction is the velocity?
upward
downward
A textbook is dropped from a second floor window and falls to the ground. What direction is the acceleration?
upward
downward
The acceleration of a freely falling body on Earth is
9.8 m/s.
9.8 m.
9.8 m/s2.
9.8 s.
If an object is dropped from a cliff of 100m, what are your 'givens' you can start with?
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.
HINT: Think of the I in PIES.
d = 100 m
vi = 0
t = 100 s
a = 9.8 m/s2
vf = 0
A man drops his camera off of the top of the oil derrick tower at Six Flags. Which of the following kinematic equations would he use in order to calculate the speed the camera was travelling when it hit the ground?
Matt Damon 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?
9.8 m/s
76.68 m/s
149.76 m/s
46.99 m/s
A baby seal slips and falls off of a 10-m tall cliff into the ocean. What is the magnitude of the baby seal’s velocity just before it hits the water?
14 m/s
14 m/s2
24 m/s
30 m/s
What is the speed of a 2.5-kilogram mass after it has fallen freely from rest through a distance of 5 meters?
98.1 m/s
9.9 m/s
100 m/s
Kylie Jenner wanted to prove to her sisters that her diamond earrings can survive a fall off a 300-meter building. What was the final velocity that her earrings reach?
5,886 m/s
76.72 m/s
50 m/s
5,886 m/s2
A penny is dropped from atop of a 400-m tall building by a physicist. Determine the magnitude of the velocity of the penny BEFORE it hits the ground.
7848 m/s
88.59 m/s
57.25 m/s
102.99 m/s
An object falls freely from rest near the surface of Earth. What is the speed of the object after having fallen a distance at 10 meters?
14 m/s
96.1 m/s
4.90 m/s
24.0 m/s
A brick is dropped from a height of 0 meters. What was the final velocity of the brick right before it hits the ground?
A brick is dropped from a height of 0 meters. What was the final velocity of the brick right before it hits the ground?
100 m/s
0 m/s
50 m/s
9.81 m/s
A skydiver drops out of a plane and accelerates towards the Earth. What is the magnitude of her final velocity if she jumped from a height of 1,000 meters?
350.26 m/s
140.07 m/s
0 m/s
45.31 m/s
