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The document contains a worksheet with 14 practice questions related to free fall problems in physics, focusing on concepts such as speed, velocity, displacement, and height calculations. Each question presents a scenario involving objects in free fall or projectile motion, followed by answers for each problem. The problems vary in complexity, addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of motion under gravity.

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Free Fall Problems - Worksheet

The document contains a worksheet with 14 practice questions related to free fall problems in physics, focusing on concepts such as speed, velocity, displacement, and height calculations. Each question presents a scenario involving objects in free fall or projectile motion, followed by answers for each problem. The problems vary in complexity, addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of motion under gravity.

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Free Fall Problems

Worksheet

14 Practice Questions

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1. A ball is dropped from rest on a cliff. (a) What is 3. A stone is dropped from the top of a building
the speed of the ball 5 seconds later? (b) What is and hits the ground 5 seconds later. How tall is the
the velocity of the ball at this time? (c) How far building?
does it travel during this time? (d) What is the
displacement of the ball?

2. A ball is thrown downward at an initial speed of 4. A stone is thrown downward from the top of a
15 m/s from the top of a cliff. (a) What is the cliff at 24 m/s and hits the ground 7 seconds later.
speed and velocity of the ball 8 seconds later? How tall is the cliff?
(b) How far does it travel during this time and what
is its displacement?
5. A rock is released from rest on a 700 m building. 7. A ball is thrown straight up into the air at 49
(a) How long does it take to hit the ground? m/s. (a) How high does it go? (b) How long is it in
(b) What is the speed and velocity of the ball just the air?
before it hits the ground?

6. A stone is released from rest on a cliff and the 8. A stone is launched straight up into the air and
sound it makes when it hits the water is heard 17.2 returns to the ground 14 seconds later.
seconds later. If the speed of sound is 343 m/s, (a) What is the initial speed of the ball?
how tall is the cliff relative to the ocean? (b) What is the maximum height attained by it?
9. A cat jumps 1.8 m vertically in the air. 11. A rock is thrown upward at 30 m/s from a 200
(a) How long was the cat in the air? m cliff relative to the sea. (a) How long will it take
(b) What was its initial speed? to hit the water? (b) How fast is it moving when it
hits the water? (c) What is the maximum height
attained relative to the sea? (d) How far did the
ball travel? (e) What is the net vertical
displacement of the ball?

10. A ball is launched vertically from the ground at 12. A toy rocket blasts off straight up from the
a speed of 35 m/s. (a) What is the velocity of the ground with an average acceleration of 30 m/s2 for
ball when it reaches a height of 50 m? (D & E) 20 seconds. (a) What is the maximum height
(b) How long will it take to reach this height? attained by this rocket? (b) What is the total
amount of time that the rocket is in the air?
13. Karen points a garden hose straight upward 2 14. A ball is thrown downward with an initial
m above the ground. The water leaves the hose speed of 20 m/s from a height of 200 m above the
and falls back to the ground 3 seconds later. What ground. At the same instant, a second ball is
is the speed of the water when it exits the garden thrown upward from the ground at a speed of 80
hose? m/s. At what height above the ground will the two
objects meet?
Answers:

1a. +49 m/s


1b. -49 m/s in the -y direction
1c. +122.5 m
1d. -122.5 m in the -y direction

2a. Speed = +93.4 m/s, Velocity = -93.4 m/s


2b. Distance = 433.6 m, Displacement = -433.6 m

3. 122.5 m
4. 408.1 m

5a. 11.95 s
5b. Speed = 117.1 m/s, Velocity = -117.1 m/s

6. 1000 m

7a. 122.5 m
7b. 10 seconds

8a. 68.6 m/s


8b. 240 m

9a. 1.2 s
9b. 5.9 m/s

10a. +15.7 m/s at point D, -15.7 m/s at point E


10b. 1.97 s to reach point D, 5.17 s to point E

11a. 10.1 s
11b. 69 m/s
11c. 246 m
11d. 292 m
11e. -200 m

12a. 24,367 m or 24.4 km


12b. 152 s

13. 14 m/s

14. 140 m

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