dickinson (jkd959) HW 2.

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Which graph correctly describes the y coordinate of the vertical motion while the object
is in the air?
y

001 10.0 points

If you drop an object, it will accelerate downward at a rate of g = 9.8 m/s2 .
If you throw it downward instead, its acceleration (in the absence of air resistance) will
be
1. less than 9.8 m/s2 .

1.

2. None of these graphs is correct.

y
3.

2. Unable to determine.
y

3. greater than 9.8 m/s2 .

4. 9.8 m/s2

4.

002 10.0 points

A stone is thrown straight upward and at the
top of its trajectory its velocity is momentarily zero.

y
t

5.

y
t

6.

y
What is its acceleration at this point?
1. Unable to determine

7.
t

2. 9.8 m/s2 up
3. Zero

4. 9.8 m/s2 down

003

8.
10.0 points

An object is thrown upward from the origin

along the positive y direction and caught.

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y
9.
t

Taking up as the positive vertical direction,

which of the following graphs correctly represents its vertical motion as displacement vs
time?
y

004 10.0 points

A ball is thrown upward.

v0

1.

bbb
bb
b b
b b

5m

2.

y
t

3.

y
t

4.
What is its initial vertical speed? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 and maximum
height is 5 m ,. Neglect air resistance.
Answer in units of m/s.
005 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points
A tennis ball is dropped from 1.66 m above the
ground. It rebounds to a height of 0.959 m.
With what velocity does it hit the ground?
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . (Let
down be negative.)
Answer in units of m/s.
006 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
With what velocity does it leave the ground?
Answer in units of m/s.
007 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
If the tennis ball were in contact with the
ground for 0.0123 s, find the acceleration
given to the tennis ball by the ground.
Answer in units of m/s2 .
008

10.0 points

An object was suspended in a fixed place

(y = 0) and then allowed to drop in a free fall.

y
t

5.

y
t

6.

y
t

7.

y
t

8.

y
t

9.

y
10.

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009 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
Consider the position of a ball thrown down
with an initial speed of 13.9 m/s.
y
(not to scale)
2.72 s
b
b
t
b
b

13.9 m/s

in every case.
2. True
3. None of these
4. This may happen in a few cases, but it is
very rare.
5. False

b
b
b
b
b
b

b
b

What will be its position

after 2.72 s? Let
b
the initial position beb 0. The acceleration due
2
to gravity is 9.806 m/s
.
b
Answer in units of m.
b

013 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

A camera falls from a blimp that is 423 m
above the ground and rising at a speed of
13.7 m/s.
Find the maximum height reached by the
camera with respect to the ground. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m.

010 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

b
Now consider the position of a ball thrown
b
up with an initial speed of
13.9 m/s.
b
b b b
y
b b
b
h

b
b
b

13.9 m/s b
b

014 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

Find the speed at which it hits the ground.
Answer in units of cm/s.
015

10.0 points

b
b
b
b
b
b

(not to scale)
2.72 s
What will be its position after 2.72 s?
Answer in units of m.
011 10.0 points
A ball is thrown straight up from ground level.
After a time 5.5 s, it passes a height of 157 m.
What was its initial speed? The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m/s.
012 10.0 points
If a tiny feather and a huge sledgehammer are
dropped on the surface of the earths moon,
at the same time, from the same height, they
will hit the moons surface simultaneously.
1. This may happen in many cases, but not

An object is thrown vertically upward.

Disregarding air resistance, which graph
represents the velocity v of the object as a
function of time t?
v
t

1.

v
t

2.

v
3.

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3. about 10 m.
v
4.

4. the same, but not 5 m nor 10 m.

5. about 5 m.

016 10.0 points

A ball is thrown upward and caught when it
comes back down.
Neglecting air resistance, its speed when
caught is
1. the same as its initial speed.
2. Not enough information
3. less than its initial speed.

020 10.0 points

You are throwing a ball straight up in the air.
At the highest point, the balls
1. velocity is not zero, but the acceleration
is zero.
2. velocity is zero, but the acceleration is not
zero.
3. velocity and acceleration are not zero.
4. velocity and acceleration are zero.

4. more than its initial speed.

021
017 10.0 points
Judy, by chance, spots a potted plant falling
outside the window at 1.19 m/s . Further
down the same building, Judys boyfriend
clocks the pot at 57 m/s .
How far apart are the friends? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m.
018 10.0 points
An object is thrown downward with an initial
speed of 4 m/s from a height of 62 m above
the ground. At the same instant, a second
object is propelled vertically up from ground
level with a speed of 38 m/s .
At what height above the ground will the
two objects pass each other? The acceleration
of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m.

10.0 points

An object was suspended in a fixed place

and then allowed to drop in a free fall.
Taking down as the positive vertical direction, which graph correctly represents its
motion as vertical velocity vs time?
y
t

1.

y
t

2.

y
019 10.0 points
In each second of fall, the distance a freely
falling object will attain is
1. Unable to determine
2. increasing.

3.

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y
t

4.

y
t

5.

y
t

6.

y
t

7.

y
8.