Hello, I am

Caryl James Faith Abrenica

(Sir James)
Hello, I am
Eloisa Jan Tagod
(ma’am Jan)
Objectives:

At the end of the class, the students will be able:

- to identify what is free fall motion.

- to relate free fall motion from the daily life
experiences.
- to solve problems about free fall motion
applying the concepts of Vertical Motion.
“Thinking Outside the
Box”
A short Activity
Procedure: Make a shape by
connecting the dots with four
unbroken lines only.
Think outside the box
Uniformly Accelerated motion:
Free Fall
Falling Objects

Imagine there is no air

resistance…
An object moving under
the influence of the
gravitational force only is
said to be in free fall.
Free Fall
Free fall motion is a vertical type of
motion.
Free Fall

The acceleration of an object in free fall is

9.8 m/s2.

Neglecting air resistance!

Air Resistance and Falling Objects

Drop a feather and a hammer on earth and

the hammer reaches the floor far ahead of the
feather.

What about on the Moon?

Air Resistance and Falling Objects
A feather and a coin accelerate equally
when there is no air around them.

Vacuum tube
Air Resistance and Falling Objects
F gravity or
How objects fall without air resistance? weight
is the only
force
Air Resistance and Falling Objects
F gravity or
How objects fall without air resistance? weight
is the only
Objects accelerate equally. force

Why?
 Air Resistance and Falling Objects
F gravity or
How objects fall without air resistance? weight
is the only
Objects accelerate equally. force

Why?
No atmosphere means no air resistance (no
drag force), so surface area and weight make
no difference. All objects fall at the same rate.

It’s just like on the __________________ Moon

Free Fall
• An object is said to be in free fall if it is only under
the influence of gravitational force.

This object will fall at

a rate of acceleration
equal to 9.8 m/s2.
No
support or
resistance
force!

Fg = 100 N
Free Fall
• Physicists consider air resistance to be negligible for
heavier objects that fall near the surface of the
Earth.

Don’t worry
about air
when making
calculations!
Fg = 71.2 N Fg = 11 N
Fg = 100 N
Free Fall Explained
In Galileo’s famous
demonstration, a 10-kg
cannonball and a 1-kg
stone strike the ground at
practically the same time.
This experiment
demolished the
Aristotelian idea that an
object that weighs ten
times as much as another
should fall ten times faster
than the lighter object.
Free Fall: How Fast
Rising Objects

Rising objects decelerate at the same

rate that falling objects accelerate.

During the upward part of this motion,

the object slows from its initial upward
velocity to zero velocity, losing 9.8
m/s of speed per second.

During the downward part of this

motion, the object gains 9.8 m/s of
speed per second.
Free Fall: How Fast
Two symmetries in freefall:
A. Time symmetry – the time required for the
object to reach maximum height equals the
time for it to return from its maximum
height to its starting point.

B. Speed symmetry – the speed of the body

during the upward trip equals the speed
during the downward trip.
Free Fall: How Fast
Equations

• d = vit + ½ gt²
• vf2 = vi² + 2gd
• t = (vf – vi) / g
• d = ½ gt²

g = -9.8 m/s²
Free Fall: How Fast

d = distance or displacement
Vf = final speed or velocity
Vi = initial speed or velocity
t = time
g = acceleration due to gravity (9.8m/s2)
Free Fall: How Fast

Sign Conventions:
a. Distances above the origin are
positive while below the origin are
negative
b. Upward velocity is positive,
downward velocity is negative
c. g is always negative
Free Fall Problem

A flowerpot falls from a

windowsill 25.0 m above the
sidewalk

How fast is the flowerpot moving

when it strikes the ground?
What are we looking for:
-Vf

Given

• Displacement: -25 m
• Acceleration due to gravity: -9.81 m/s2
• Vi= 0 m/s
Free Fall: How Fast
Equations

• d = vit + ½ gt²
• vf2 = vi² + 2gd
• t = (vf – vi) / g
• d = ½ gt²

g = -9.8 m/s²
What equation should we use??

vf2 = vi² + 2gd

Answer: m
v f  22.1
s
Free Fall Problem

From rest, a stone falls from a

building with a final velocity
of 20m/s? How long (time)
does it take for it to hit the
ground?
What are we looking for:
-t

Given:

• Acceleration due to gravity: -9.81

m/s2
• Vi= 0 m/s
• Vf= 20m/s
Free Fall: How Fast
Equations

• d = vit + ½ gt²
• vi2 = vf² - 2gd
• vf2 = vi² + 2gd
• t = (vf – vi) / g
• d = ½ gt²

g = -9.8 m/s²
What equation should we use??

t = (vf - vi) /g

Answer: t  2.04.1sec .
Solve this

Problem:
A stone is thrown upward
and it rises a height of 20
meters at what speed it
was thrown?
Quiz time

Instruction: ½
crosswise
Identification:

1. It is the motion of the object

moving with the influence of gravity
in a vertical motion.
2. What is the speed of the object
when it reaches the highest
position?
3. What are the two symmetries of
free fall?
Identify if it is free fall or not. Write F
if it is free fall and write N if it is not.

4. Kicking a ball towards the wall.

5. Dropping of a leaf during autumn.
6. Throwing a ball straight upward.
7. Throwing a basketball to the ring.
Problem solving:
8-10. A stone is dropped and it fell
with a final velocity of 10m/s. How long
(time) will it take for it to land on the
ground?
Given:
g=
vi =
vf =
Assignment

½ crosswise

1.Give 5 real examples of free fall

motion?
2.What is projectile motion?
3.Give 3 real examples of projectile
motion?
Goodbye
class