WorksheetsFreefall and HP Take Home Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
A ball is thrown horizontally at a speed of 20 meters per second from the top of a cliff. How long does the ball take to fall 19.6 meters to the ground?
1.0 s
2.0 s
9.8 s
4.0 s
The diagram here shows a ball projected horizontally with an initial velocity of 20 meters per second east, off a cliff a cliff 100 meters high. [Neglect air resistance.] During the flight of the ball, what is the direction of its acceleration?
Downward
Upward
Westward
Eastward
Four different balls are thrown horizontally off the top of four cliffs. In diagram does the ball have the shortest time of flight?
In the accompanying diagram, a stationary observer on the ground watches a seagull flying horizontally to the right drops a clamshell. Which diagram best represents the path of the falling clamshell as seen by the observer? [Neglect air resistance.]
Acceleration
Decrease in potential energy
Increase in potential energy
Specific gravity
1.0 s
10 s
3.0 s
22 s
The baseball falls slower than the balloon
The baseball falls faster than the balloon
The baseball and balloon fall at the same rate
The baseball and balloon remain suspended and do not fall
Acceleration of 1.00 s2m
Acceleration of 9.81 s2m
Velocity of 1.00 m/s
Velocity of 9.81 m/s
10 m/s
20 m/s
40 m/s
400 m/s
During the entire first second of its fall
At the end of its first second of the fall
During its entire time of fall
After it has fallen 9.8 meters
49 m
98 m
120 m
250 m
1.1 s2m
2.3 s2m
3.6 s2m
9.8 s2m
51.0 s
25.5 s
10.1 s
7.14 s
0 s2m
10 s2m
20 s2m
-20 s2m
Distance is to displacement as
Force is to weight
Speed is to velocity
Velocity is to acceleration
Impulse is to momentum
5 m/s
10 m/s
25 m/s
50 m/s
