Answer the following questions:

How long would it take for an object dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa (height 54.6 meters) to hit the ground?

How fast was the object traveling at the moment of impact?

Construct a table of values of velocity and total distance fallen at the end of each half-second during the first 5 seconds for a stone at rest dropped from a very tall building. Include columns for time, velocity, and total distance.

A parachute dropped from a 30 meter-high cliff falls with a constant velocity of 1.5 meters per second. Twenty-two seconds later a stone is dropped from the cliff.

How long does it take for the parachute to hit the ground?

How long does it take for the stone to hit the ground?

Which one will hit the ground first and why?

Galileo used inclined planes to investigate "free fall." Why did he do that instead of experimenting with velocity by dropping objects?

Explain the following terms:

linear motion

constant velocity

accelerated motion