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Physics Jeopardy Unit Converting Acceleration Graphing Distance Vectors Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Unit Converting How many meters are in 212 feet?

$100 Answer Unit Converting 65.23 meters

$200 Unit Converting How many cm are in 4 miles?

$200 Answer Unit Converting 643737.6 cm

$300 Unit Converting How many miles are in 3 km and 34 meters?

$300 Answer Unit Converting 1.887 miles

$400 Unit Converting How fast are you going in Yards per day if you are going 15 meters per second?

$400 Answer Unit Converting 1404000 yards per day

$500 Unit Converting What volume in terms of cm^3 do you have if you have 27 in^3?

$500 Answer Unit Converting 442.5 cm^3

$100 Question Acceleration What is the acceleration of a car that starts at 24 meters per second and slows down to a rest in 3 seconds?

$100 Answer Acceleration a = -8 m/s^2

$200 Question Acceleration What is the acceleration of a baseball if when it leaves the pitchers hand it is going 95 mi/h and as it passes the hitter it is going 84 mi/h and it takes .45 seconds to get there?

$200 Answer Acceleration a = -24.4 mi/h/s

$300 Question Acceleration How long does it take for Julina on her bike to go from 2 m/s to 10 m/s if she accelerates at a rate of 3 m/s^2?

$300 Answer Acceleration t = 2.67 seconds

$400 Question Acceleration How fast are you going if you accelerate at a rate of 5 m/s^2 for 4 seconds if you are already going 3 m/s?

$400 Answer Acceleration v = 23 m/s

$500 Question Acceleration What is the initial velocity of a car if speeds up at a rate of 6 m/s^2 for 10 seconds and winds up at 82 miles per hour?

$500 Answer Acceleration v = 23.4 m/s

$100 Question Graphing What does it mean on a distance vs time graph if you have a straight diagonal line with a positive slope?

$100 Answer Graphing You will have a positive constant velocity

$200 Question Graphing What will a velocity vs time graph look like if you have a constant negative velocity?

$200 Answer Graphing You will have a straight horizontal line below the x axis.

$300 Question Graphing What will a distance vs time graph look like if you are told you have a constant negative velocity?

$300 Answer Graphing You will have a straight diagonal line with a negative slope.

$400 Question Graphing Describe how this person is walking

$400 Answer Graphing He/she walks backward for 60 m, then turns around and walks forward for 20 m, then stops for 2 seconds, walks backward for 40 m, then turns around again and walks forward for 50 m

$500 Question Graphing Describe the motion according to this graph

$500 Answer Graphing It is accelerating at a constant positive rate

$100 Question Distance Starting from rest, a car undergoes a constant acceleration of 6.0 m/s^2. How far will the car travel in the first second?

$100 Answer Distance d = 3m

$200 Question Distance What vertical distance can a person with a .8 second hang time jump?

$200 Answer Distance d = 0.8 m

$300 Question Distance A crate falls from an air plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 2,000 m. Neglecting air resistance, how long will the crate take to strike the ground?

$300 Answer Distance t = 20.0 seconds

$400 Question Distance If a projectile fired beneath the water, straight up, breaks through the surface at a speed of 16 m/s, to what height above the water will it ascend?

$400 Answer Distance d = 12.8 m

$500 Question Distance A stone is dropped from a cliff. After it has fallen 40 m, what is the stone’s velocity?

$500 Answer Distance v = 28 m/s

$100 Question Vectors You throw a ball straight up in the air at a velocity of 30 m/s. What is the acceleration acting on the ball at t = 3s?

$100 Answer Vectors a = -10 m/s^2

$200 Question Vectors How long does a ball take to fall off a table if the table is 2.5 meters tall?

$200 Answer Vectors t = 0.71s

$300 Question Vectors How far will a bird egg fall out if a tree if it falls for 3 seconds? What speed is it going when it hits the ground if the tree is that exact height? Does the egg break?

$300 Answer Vectors Tree Height = 15 m Velocity = -30 m/s No. Laura sees the egg falling And quickly constructs a net Out of her hair to catch the egg!

$400 Question Vectors Derrick Lee hits a pop-up straight up. The velocity of the baseball as it leaves the bat is 38.2 m/s. Determine (a) the maximum height the baseball reaches, and (b) the total time the baseball is in the air. Assume the baseball is caught at the same height above the ground as it was hit.

$400 Answer Vectors d = 72.96 m t = 7.64s

$500 Question Vectors Derrick Lee hits a pop-up straight up. The velocity of the baseball as it leaves the bat is 38.2 m/s. Determine (a) the maximum height the baseball reaches, and (b) the total time the baseball is in the air. Assume the baseball is caught at the same height above the ground as it was hit.

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