Puysics
WORKSHEET A
PRE FALL.
NAME: DATE: __
PART ONE: Vertical Velocity
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Where:
w= vertical velocity
= acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s?)
t= time
|.) How fast will a brick be going after it falls for 2.5 seconds?
DATA EQUATION, MATH & UNITS ANSWER
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2.) An apple falls out of a tree and takes 1.75 seconds to strike the ground. How fast was the
apple going when it hit the ground?
DATA’ EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER,
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3.) A high diver dives off a platform and strikes the water 2.857 seconds later. How fast is he
traveling as he strikes the water?
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ms
Vo= OmlsPART TWO: Vertical Distance
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d, =1/2gt
Where:
4\= vertical distance
= acceleration due to gravity (9.81 mis/s)
t= time
1.) How high was a brick dropped from if it falls in 2.5 seconds?
DATA EQUATION 1 MATH & UNITS y ANSWER
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d=? deat d= 4.405 (2.5)
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2.) An apple falls out of a tree and takes 1.75 seconds to strike the ground. How high was the
apple from the ground?
DATA. EQUATION, MATH & UNITS. ANSWER,
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3.) A high diver dives off a platform and strikes the water 2.857 seconds later. How high is
the diving platform?
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER
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t= 247g
Where:
2 = acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s?)
|.) A trapeze artist misses the trapeze and falls into the net 9.2 meters below.
How long will it take him to fall?”
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS. ANSWER.
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2.) A plane drops a C.A.R.E. package to some needy people in the jungle from a_height of
1000m. How long will it take the package to strike the ground?
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER.
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3.) A book falls off. a | meter tall table. How long will it take for the book to hit the floor?
DATA. EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER,
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Puysics
WORKSHEET B
FREE FALL.
DATE:
t=./2d/g
1.) A rock is thrown out of a volcano. When it started to fall, it took 9.5 seconds to hit the
ground. How fast was the rock traveling as it struck the ground?
DATA,
EQUATION
MATH & UNITS
ANSWER.
424.55
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Ve gt
v=q81(4-5)
v= 43.195
43.2 m)5
2.) WylE-Coyote has missed the Road-Runner again and has fallen through a hole in the edge
trike the ground and go SPLAT. How fast is he
of.acliff. It takes him 4 seconds to st
going when he hits the sand below?
As EQUATION MATH & UNITS. ANSWER
t-4s
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3.) A glass falls from a tal
ble top and smashes
traveling when it begins to break?
-s on the floor 0.6 seconds later
. How fast is it
DATA EQUATION “eI UNITS ANSWER
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4.) A hail stone falls from a cloud and strike:
traveling as it dents the roof?
sacar 11 seconds later. How
fast is the stone
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS. ANSWER,
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Ve¢5.) A rock is thrown out of a volcano. When it started to fall, it took 9.5 seconds to hit the
‘ground. How high was the rock when it began to fall?
DATA EQUATION. MATH & UNITS ANSWER
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6.) A glass falls from a table top and smashes on the floor 0.6 seconds later. How high is the
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£20.65 id: 4.405 (0.07)
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7.) A hail stone falls from a cloud and strikes a car 11 seconds later. How high is the cloud?
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER.
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8.) Wyl-E-Coyote has missed the Road-Runner again and has fallen through a hole in the edge
of a cliff. It takes him 4 seconds to strike the ground and go SPLAT. How high is the
cliff?
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER.
d= 4.905 (4?)
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9.) To-crack open a crab, a sea gull drops it from a height of 18 meters. How many seconds does
it take the crab to fall?
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS. ANSWER
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tetasHow long do you have to avoid being hit by it?
DATA EQUATION, MATH & UNITS ANSWER
[A= 4000m += +{2(4000)
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t: 7? t= 42,8262
EXTRA CREDIT
How fast is a penny traveling as it hits the sidewalk if it was dropped from the top of the Empire
State Building which is 1250 feet high? (Ignore air resistance and | foot = 0.305 meters)
DATA EQUATION MATH & UNITS ANSWER
10.) A plane is flying at 9000 meters when one bolt works its way loose and falls to the ground.
(250ft= d Find 4 First:
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