Free Fall

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Mind Map on Free Fall, created by cesces2010 on 23/09/2014.
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Free Fall
  1. No forces act on an object other than gravitational force
    1. Th magnitude for the free fall acceleration near the Earth's surface is 9.8 m/s^2
      1. Vertical motion
        1. Y axis
          1. + upwards
          2. direction of acceleration is down ag=-g
            1. If an object goes up a makes it slow down
              1. object down, acceleration= object speeds up
              2. It is only considered free fall when there is no other force acting on it.
                1. A guy that throws himself form an airplane to use then a parachute to stop falling so fast
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