Question

Near the surface of the Earth, objects in free fall (but not terminal velocity) experience

Answer 1

Near the surface of the Earth, objects in free fall experience maximum velocity

Step-by-step explanation:

The acceleration is constant and equal to the gravitational acceleration g which is 9.8 meters per square second at sea level on the Earth. When an object is moving upward its velocity is minimum at the top level and when it comes back to the surface of the earth its velocity increases. And near the surface of the Earth, objects in free fall experience maximum velocity

Answer 2

constant acceleration

Step-by-step explanation:

An object is said to be in free fall when only one force is acting on it: the force of gravity, which pushes the object towards the ground.

Newton's second law states that the resultant of the forces acting on an object is equal to the product between the mass of the object (m) and its acceleration:

`\sum F =ma` (1)

for an object in free fall, there is only one force, the force of gravity:

`F=mg`

where g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the gravitational acceleration. Substituting this into (1), we have

`mg=ma`

and so

`a=g`

which means that the object is moving at constant acceleration downward, with acceleration equal to g = 9.8 m/s^2.