Kinematics Castle: Free Fall Drop

Drop height H (m)

Downward throw speed v₀ (m/s)

PREDICT

How this connects to AP Physics 1 (Topic 1.2, Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration): in free fall every object accelerates at g = 9.8 m/s² (ignoring air), so h = v₀t + ½gt² and v = v₀ + gt. The mass does not appear: heavier objects fall at the same rate.