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Formative assessment questions for teaching physics

A2L Item 270

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  • Keywords: Acceleration, Displacement, Forces, Gravity, Mechanics, Problem Solving, Velocity

The question for students:

A person throws a ball straight up. The ball rises to a maximum height and falls back down so that the person catches it. When is the acceleration of the ball at its MAXIMUM?

  1. Just after it leaves the person’s hand.
  2. At its maximum height.
  3. Just before the person catches it.
  4. Both 1 and 3.
  5. None of the above.

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