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Free Fall Introduction

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6 questions

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Three students have three balls they are looking down over a ledge.

The student with the red ball drops the ball from the ledge.

The student with the yellow ball throws the ball down from the ledge.

The student with the green ball throws the ball up from the ledge.

Question 1

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Which ball will hit the ground first?

Question 2

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Which ball will hit the ground last?

Question 3

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Assuming the yellow ball and the green ball are thrown with the same initial velocity, which of the three balls will hit the ground with the most velocity?

Question 4

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Which of the three balls will hit the ground with the least velocity?

Question 5

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Now that we have observed the demo of the scenario. Which of your predictions were correct? Which were wrong? Which are you still not sure about? Why?

Question 6

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Now that we have talked about it and done some math. Which of your predictions were correct? Which were wrong? Which are you still not sure about? Why?