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| King Kong carries Fay Wray up the 321-m-tall Empire State Building. At the top of the skyscraper, Fay Wray's shoe falls from her foot. How fast will the shoe be moving when it hits the ground? | 79.36 m/s |
| The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is capable of shooting its hot water up from the ground with a speed of 48.0 m/s. How high can this geyser shoot? | 117.43 m |
| A baby blue jay sits in a tall tree awaiting the arrival of its dinner. As the mother lands on the nest, she drops the worm toward the hungry chick's mouth, but the worm misses and falls from the nest to the ground in 1.50 s. How high up is the nest? | 11.04 m |
| A giraffe, which stands 6.00 m tall, bites the branch off a tree to chew on the leaves, and he lets the branch fall to the ground. How long does it take the branch to hit the ground? | 1.11 s |
| A unique type of basketball is played on planet Zarth. During the game, a player flies above the basket and drops a ball from a height of 10 m. If the ball takes 5.0 s to fall, find the acceleration due to gravity on Zarth. | 0.8 m/s^2 |
| A man throws a ball straight up into the air with an initial speed of 24 m/s. How long does it take for the ball to return to him? What is the maximum height of the ball above the point where it was thrown? | 2.45 s; 29.36 m |
| A ball is dropped from the top of a 40-m building. What is its velocity after falling 2.0 s? How far does it fall in 2.0 s? What is its velocity after falling 10 m? How much time elapses before it hits the ground? What is its velocity when it reaches the ground? | 19.62 m/s; 19.62 m; 14.01 m/s; 2.86 s; 28.01 m/s |
| A boy throws a ball straight upward and catches it 4.0 s later. What is the initial velocity of the ball? What is the maximum height of the ball? | 19.62 m/s; 19.62 m |
