Test - Unit 6 Force Flashcards
1
Q
- A baseball player swings his bat and misses the ball but hits a fly that was hovering over home plate. The acceleration of the fly compared to what the acceleration of the ball would have been with the same force applied to it would be.
A
Smaller
U6 C2 P1
2
Q
- Consider a watermelon that starts from rest and is dropped straight down from a tall building. Air resistance can be ignored. Which statement about the watermelons motion is false?
A
The water melon falls with a constant velocity
U6 C3 P2
3
Q
38b. What speed will the sky diver eventually reach? What is this speed called?
A
55 m/s Terminal Velocity
U6 C3 P3
4
Q
38c. Why does the occur?
A
Gravity + Air Resistance become balanced.
U6 C3 P3
5
Q
What is the unit for acceleration?
A
m/s^2
