WASSCE Physics · Mechanics — Motion & Forces
Motion under Gravity
Free fall, acceleration due to gravity, and motion of objects thrown straight up or dropped.
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- 1Free fall: bodies dropped and thrown upwards8 minFree8 minFree
- 2Harder vertical motion problems and measuring g7 min Plan7 min Plan
- A body thrown up from a height
- Releasing a body from something that is moving
- Two bodies meeting
- Measuring g in the laboratory
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