Student___________________________

Class____________

4)
1)

Anobjectisthrownupward
withaspeedof12m/son
thesurfaceofplanetX
wheretheaccelerationdue
togravityis1.5m/s2.What
isthemaximumheight
reachedbytheobject?
A) 144m

B) 8.0m

C) 18m

D) 48m

1)

5)
2)

3)

Anobjectisthrownupward
withaspeedof12m/son
thesurfaceofplanetX
wheretheaccelerationdue
togravityis1.5m/s2.How
longdoesittakeforthe
objecttoreachthe
maximumheight?
A) 8.0s

B) 16s

C) 14s

D) 11s

Anobjectisthrownupward
withaspeedof15m/son
thesurfaceofplanetX
wheretheaccelerationdue
togravityis2.5m/s2.How
longdoesittakeforthe
objecttoreturntowhereit
isthrown?
A) 12s

B) 10s

C) 6.0s

D) 8.0s

2)

Date___________

Anobjectisthrownupward
withaspeedof14m/son
thesurfaceofplanetX
wheretheaccelerationdue
togravityis3.5m/s2.What
isthespeedoftheobject
after8.0s?
A) 14m/s

B) 21m/s

C) 7.0m/s

D) 64m/s

Aballisthrownupwardat
avelocityof19.6m/s.What
isitsvelocityafter3.00s?

4)

5)

A) zero
B) 9.8m/supward
C) 19.6downward
D) 9.8m/sdownward
6)

3)

7)

Abulletshotstraightup
returnstoitsstartingpoint
in10s.Whatistheinitial
speedofthebullet?
A) 25m/s

B) 49m/s

C) 9.8m/s

D) 98m/s

Aballisthrowndownward
fromthetopofabuilding
withaninitialspeedof25
m/s.Itstrikestheground
after2.0s.Howhighisthe
building?
A) 50m

B) 70m

C) 30m

D) 20m

6)

7)

8)

9)

10)

Aballisthrownupwards
andcaughtwhenitcomes
backdown.Intheabsence
ofairresistance,thespeed
oftheballwhencaught
wouldbe__________.
A) thesameasthespeedit
hadwhenthrown
upwards.
B) morethanthespeedit
hadwhenthrown
upwards.
C) lessthanthespeedit
hadwhenthrown
upwards.

8)

Supposeanobjectisinfree
fall.Eachsecondtheobject
falls__________.
A) thesamedistanceasin
thesecondbefore.
B) withthesame
instantaneousspeed.
C) alargerdistancethan
inthesecondbefore.
D) withthesameaverage
speed.

9)

Ifyoudropafeatheranda
coinatthesametimeina
tubefilledwithair,which
willreachthebottomofthe
tubefirst?
A) Thecoin
B) Neither-theywillboth
reachthebottomatthe
sametime.
C) Thefeather

10)

Answerthefollowingquestionsonaseparate
sheetofpaper.Showallwork.

11)

Acratefallsfroman
airplaneflying
horizontallyatan
altitudeof2,000m.
Neglectingairdrag,
howlongwillthe
cratetaketostrike
theground?

11)

12)

Astoneisdropped
fromacliff.Afterit
hasfallen40m,what
isthestones
velocity?

12)

13)

Abaseballishitnearlystraightup
intotheairwithaspeedof22m/s.(a)
Howhighdoesitgo?(b)Howlongis
itintheair?

14)

Aballisthrownstraightupwitha
speedof30m/s.
(a.)Howlongdoesittaketheballto
reachthemaximumheight?
(b.)Whatisthemaximumheight
reachedbytheball?
(c.)Whatisitsspeedafter4.2s?

15)

Afoulballishitstraightupintothe
airwithaspeedof30.0m/s.
(a.)
Calculatethetimerequiredfor
theballtorisetoitsmaximumheight.
(b.)
Calculatethemaximumheight
reachedbytheball.
(c.) Determinethetimeatwhichthe
ballpassapoint25.0mabovethe
pointofcontactbetweenthebatand
ball.
(d.) Explainwhytherearetwo
answerstopartc.

17)

FIGURE16
16)

Astoneisthrownverticallyupward
withaspeedof12.0m/sfromthe
edgeofacliff70.0mhigh(Fig.16).
(a)Howmuchlaterdoesitreachthe
bottomofthecliff?(b)Whatisits
speedjustbeforehitting?(c)What
totaldistancedidittravel?

Astoneisthrownverticallyupward
withaspeedof18.0m/s.(a)Howfast
isitmovingwhenitreachesaheight
of11.0m?(b)Howlongisrequired
toreachthisheight?(c)Whyare
theretwoanswersto(b)?

AnswerKey
Testname:FREE_FALL_SUB

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D
A
A
A
D
B
B
A
C
A

20.0s
12) 28m/s
11)

13) (a)25m
(b)4.5s
14) (a.)3.1s
(b.)46m
(c.)11m/s
15) (a.)3.06s
(b.)45.9m
(c.)0.995sand5.13s
(d.)Onevaluefortheballtravelingupward;one
valuefortheballtravelingdownward.
16) (a)5.20s
(b)38.9m/s
(c)84.7m
17) (a)10.4m/s
(b)0.775s,2.90s
(c)Therearetwotimesatwhichthestonereaches
thatheightonceonthewayupandonceontheway
down.