Free Fall Science Worksheet
Explore the concepts of free fall, gravity, and air resistance with this Grade 8 science worksheet.
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Free Fall Science Worksheet
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1. Which of the following best describes free fall?
An object falling at a constant speed.
An object falling under the sole influence of gravity.
An object falling through a vacuum.
An object with significant air resistance acting on it.
2. What is the approximate acceleration due to gravity on Earth?
9.8 m/s² downwards
0 m/s²
9.8 m/s² upwards
Varies depending on the object's mass
3. In the absence of air resistance, all objects fall with the same regardless of their mass.
4. Air resistance is a type of that opposes the motion of an object through the air.
5. Explain why a feather and a hammer fall at different rates on Earth, but would fall at the same rate on the Moon.
6. Describe what would happen to an object in free fall if there were no gravity.
7. An object in free fall experiences zero gravity.
True
False
8. Terminal velocity is reached when the force of air resistance equals the force of gravity.
True
False
