General Physics I

Hello!
I am Michael Bernard Escalona
Field Study studend from CLSU

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Evaluate!
Good
afternoon!!

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 Food for thought
“ Our greatest glory is
not in never falling,
but in rising every
time we fall.
- Confucious

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 Let’s Recall
• What is Uniformly Accelerated
Motion?
• What are the formula that we used to
calculate for UAM?
Have you ever wondered?

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Juan Tamad comes upon a guava tree bearing
ripe fruit. Being too slothful to climb the tree
and take the fruits, he instead decides to lie
beneath the tree and waited for the fruit to fall

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Activity time!
Catch me I’m falling
• Form 4 groups
• Each group will be given either marbles, clay,
pieces of paper.
• Using your stopwatch, list the time of landing and
note observation
• A representative each group will present their
observations and result
• Activity is good for 15 minutes
Why do you think they fall?
Learning objectives
⊹ Define and enumerate importance of
gravity
⊹ Understand the effects of mass, air
resistance of an object to the speed of
falling objects
⊹ Solve free fall problems, and with
different values of gravity

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⊹ Gravity is the force
⊹ Denoted by (g)
by which a planet
or other body
draws objects
toward its center.
⊹ g = (-) 9.8 m/s^2

⊹ It is a vector
quantity
Gravity! ⊹ Expressed in
Acceleration

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Free fall motion
⊹ A free falling object ⊹ Free-falling objects
is an object that is do not encounter air
falling under the sole resistance.
influence of gravity.
Any object that is
being acted upon
only by the force of
gravity is said to be
in a state of free fall.
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Evaluate!

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Free fall motion

Thanks!
⊹ Equations

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Roadmap on solving problems
Analyze the Analyze which
problem formula to use Solve!
1 3 5

2 4 6

Write the given Derive the Recheck

quantities formula when computation,
needed units and
symbols (+ or -) 15
Sample problem
A ball is dropped from rest on a roof. (a)
what is the velocity of the ball 5 seconds
later?
(b) how far does it travel this time?

g = 9.8 m/s^2

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Roadmap on solving problems
Analyze the Analyze which
problem formula to use Solve!
1 3 5

2 4 6

Write the given Derive the Recheck

quantities formula when computation,
needed units and
symbols (+ or -) 17
A ball is thrown downward at an initial speed
of 15m/s from the top of the cliff.
a. What is the speed and velocity of the ball
8 seconds later?
b. How far does it travel during this time?

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Kim wants to know if how long it will take
for him to hit the pool if he jumps at the roof
of their house if his house is 12 meters above
the ground?

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⊹ How do you think they measure a height
of a tall infrastructure like buildings?
⊹ How do tourist be ensured in doing such
activities such as bungee jumping or
skydiving?

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You can do it!!
True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if the statement is
incorrect.
1. A ball and a rock is released at a height and they will touch the ground at the same time.
2. The speed of a free falling object is constant.
3. Gravity is a vector quantity.
4. The value of gravity is – 9.8 m/s2, is negative because the object is slowing down.
5. Time is not always necessary to use when solving for the distance of a free falling object.

Ding was falling from a 110m building at a speed of 20m/s, if Darna takes
3 seconds to rescue him, will she able to save Ding? If yes, how far does
Ding from the ground before he was saved by Darna.

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Yes, darna
will be able
to save
Ding!!
Ding is 5.9 meters
from the ground
when after 3
seconds or when
Darna saved him

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Evaluate!
⊹ What is the force by which a planet or
other body draws objects toward its
center?
⊹ Does mass affects the time of landing of
objects in a free fall motion?
⊹ What are the formulas we use to solve
for free fall motion?

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Assignmen
t!
⊹ Assume you are in a space trip and you
travelled across other planets, if your
spaceship has a height of 10 meters, how long
would you hit the ground if you jump off
your spaceship in different planets
⊹ Write in a 1 whole sheet of paper

the Moon 1.6 m/s2 

Mars 3.7 m/s2 
Venus 8.87 m/s2 
Jupiter 24.5 m/s2 

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Life is a free
fall
parachute
jump, pray
all the way
down and
hope for a
safe landing
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