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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 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.
3. 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
4. At any given location on the Earth and in the absence of air resistance, all objects fall with the same uniform
acceleration.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
5. Fill in the blank(s):
Parachutes utilize maximum air ____________________ in order to limit the acceleration of the fall.
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6. A pillow is thrown downward with an initial speed of 6 m/s. After 4 seconds, the pillow’s velocity is ___
m/s. (g= -9.8m/s2)
Answer:
7. An eraser is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s. The eraser’s velocity after 7.0 seconds is ___
m/s.
a. -23
b. -3.4
c. -45
d. -64
e. 2.3
8. 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.
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.
9. A kangaroo jumps up with an initial velocity of 36 feet per second from the ground (assume its starting
height is 0 feet). 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 kangaroo is in the air before it hits
the ground again. Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
Time in air: ______ seconds
Answer:
10. Potential energy due to the position of an object above Earth’s surface is called _____ potential energy.
a. chemical
b. elastic
c. kinetic
d. gravitational
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Answer Keys
1. 8 , 8 seconds , 8 second , 8 sec
2. At 1.53 s, the rocket achieves the maximum height of 14.48 m.
3. 9.81 meters per second squared
4. TRUE
5. resistance
6. -45.2
7. -64
8. It takes 4 seconds the camera to fall 250 feet.
9. 2.3 , 2.3 second , 2.3 seconds , 2.3 sec
10. gravitational
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