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An object dropped from the window of a tall building hits the ground in 12.0 s. If its acceleration is 9.80 m/s2, the height of the window above the ground is:

A ball thrown horizontally from a point 24 m above the ground, strikes the ground after traveling horizontally a distance of 18 m.  With what speed was it thrown?

  The average density of blood is 1.06 × 10 3   kg/m3  . If you donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross, what mass of blood have you donated, in grams? (1 pt = 1/2 L, 1 L = 1000 cm 3 )  

An electron can tunnel through an energy barrier with probability 0.0000000000375. (This is a concept used in quantum mechanics.) Express this probability in scientific notation.

100 mL is equivalent to which of the following?

If you are 5’10” tall, what is your height in meters? (1 in = 2.54 cm.)

If an object is moving eastward and slowing down, then the direction of its acceleration vector is ____.

The two measurements necessary for calculating average speed are:

If a rocket initially at rest accelerates at a rate of 50 m/s2 for one minute, its speed will be

A car with an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s experiences a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s2.  What is the car’s displacement during the first 6.0 s of its motion?