Acceleration of Gravity

The acceleration of objects falling on Earth due to gravity is

• 9.8 m/s

• 9.8 m/s²

• 9.8 g/mL

• 9.8 g/m/m

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What is the velocity of an object that has been falling freely in a vacuum for 2 seconds?

• 10 m/s down

• 10 m/s up

• 20 m/s down

• 40 m/s down

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A ball drops from a tall building. The ball strikes the sidewalk 2.0 seconds later. What is the velocity of the ball when it hits the sidewalk?

• 20 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 8 m/s

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A girl drops a 7 gram bowling ball and a 1gram rock from a cliff. Which will hit the ground first?

• Bowling Ball

• Rock

• Ignoring air resistance, both will hit at the same time.

• The cliff

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What does it mean for an object to be in free fall?

• Only air resistance acting on the object.

• Gravity is the only force acting on the obejct.

• Any object that is in downward motion.

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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

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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

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A baseball is thrown up into the air. What happens to the velocity as the ball rises in the air?

• the velocity increases

• the velocity decreases

• the velocity remains constant

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A baseball is thrown up into the air. What happens to the acceleration as the ball rises in the air?

• the acceleration increases

• the acceleration decreases

• the acceleration remains constant

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A baseball is thrown up into the air. What direction is the velocity of the ball?

• upward

• downward

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