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Acceleration due to gravity Worksheet

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1. Thomas the Giant Gorilla stood on a bridge 624 feet above the water below. He picked up a car threw it off
the bridge with an initial velocity of 50 feet per second. How long will it take the car to splash into the water
below?
 
Answer:

 
 

2. A ball is thrown downward with an initial speed of 7 m/s. The ball’s velocity after 3 seconds is ___ m/s. (g=
-9.8m/s2)
 
Answer:

 
 

3. A rocket is launched from a height of 3 m with an initial velocity of 15 m/s.

What is the maximum height of the rocket? When will this occur?
a. At 2.28 s, the rocket achieves the maximum height of 12.39 m.
b. At 1.53 s, the rocket achieves the maximum height of 14.48 m.
c. At 2.17 s, the rocket achieves the maximum height of 10.48 m.
d. At 1.49 s, the rocket achieves the maximum height of 13.57 m.

 
 

4. Write an equation for the following situation.

A rocket is launched from a height of 3 m with an initial velocity of 15 m/s.
a.
b.
c.
d.

 
 

5. Susan drops her camera in the river from a bridge that is 250 feet high. How long does it take the camera to
fall 250 feet?
a. It takes 6 seconds the camera to fall 250 feet.
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b. It takes 7 seconds the camera to fall 250 feet.
c. It takes 5 seconds the camera to fall 250 feet.
d. It takes 4 seconds the camera to fall 250 feet.

 
 
6. Fill in the blank(s):
Parachutes utilize maximum air ____________________ in order to limit the acceleration of the fall.

 
 

7. What is the rate of acceleration due to gravity?

a. 98 meters per second squared
b. 9.81 meters per second
c. 981 meters per second
d. 9.81 meters per second squared

 
 

8. A person throws a ball from height of 6 feet with an initial vertical velocity of 48 feet per second. Use the
vertical motion model, , where is the initial velocity in feet per second and is the
height in feet, to calculate the amount of time the ball is in the air before it hits the ground again. Round
your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
Time in air: ______ seconds
a. 4s
b. 2s
c. 3.1 s
d. 8s

 
 

9. A penny is dropped from a building window. If it takes 1.1 s for it to hit the ground, how high up is the
window?
a. 150 m
b. 16 m
c. 2m
d. 6m

 
 

10. At any given location on the Earth and in the absence of air resistance, all objects fall with the same uniform
acceleration.

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a. TRUE
b. FALSE

 
 

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