Free Fall Physics Quiz
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In Newtonian physics, free fall is a motion where?

  • The body is in a vacuum environment
  • There are no forces acting upon the body
  • Friction is the only force acting upon the body
  • Gravity is the only force acting upon the body (correct)
  • In the context of general relativity, a body in free fall experiences?

  • Only the force of air resistance acting on it
  • No force acting on it (correct)
  • Equal and opposite forces acting on it
  • A net force of zero acting on it
  • When can an object moving upwards be considered to be in free fall?

  • When it is propelled by an external force
  • When it is in a vacuum environment
  • When it is subject to air resistance
  • When it is subject to only the force of gravity (correct)
  • What keeps the Moon in free fall around the Earth?

    <p>Its orbital speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a roughly uniform gravitational field, what does gravity do to each part of a body?

    <p>Act on each part of a body approximately equally</p> Signup and view all the answers

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