Practice - Free Fall and Acceleration due to Gravity
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Practice Questions
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What is the value of acceleration due to gravity?
💡 Hint: Remember, it’s a constant value affecting all falling objects.
What does free fall mean?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when nothing else affects the object.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth?
💡 Hint: It affects all objects in free fall.
True or False: An object in free fall has zero velocity.
💡 Hint: Consider the motion of a dropped object over time.
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Challenge Problems
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An object is thrown straight up with an initial velocity of 35 m/s. Calculate how high it will go before it starts falling back down.
💡 Hint: Remember that at the peak, the final velocity v will be 0.
A feather and a stone are dropped in a vacuum. Explain what happens and compare it to a feather and stone dropped in the air.
💡 Hint: Consider the role of air resistance on different objects.
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