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    The Diagram Shows The Forces Which Act On A Coconut As It Falls From A Tall Palm Tree

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    The document describes the forces acting on a falling coconut. It asks questions about: 1) Why the coconut accelerates at first due to the forces of weight and friction. 2) That friction decreases as acceleration increases. 3) The term for the downward speed when friction equals weight is terminal velocity. 4) The equation that relates kinetic energy to mass and speed, and uses it to calculate the coconut's speed before hitting the ground.

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    The Diagram Shows The Forces Which Act On A Coconut As It Falls From A Tall Palm Tree

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    The document describes the forces acting on a falling coconut. It asks questions about: 1) Why the coconut accelerates at first due to the forces of weight and friction. 2) That friction decreases as acceleration increases. 3) The term for the downward speed when friction equals weight is terminal velocity. 4) The equation that relates kinetic energy to mass and speed, and uses it to calculate the coconut's speed before hitting the ground.

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    The document describes the forces acting on a falling coconut. It asks questions about: 1) Why the coconut accelerates at first due to the forces of weight and friction. 2) That friction decreases as acceleration increases. 3) The term for the downward speed when friction equals weight is terminal velocity. 4) The equation that relates kinetic energy to mass and speed, and uses it to calculate the coconut's speed before hitting the ground.

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    The Diagram Shows The Forces Which Act On A Coconut As It Falls From A Tall Palm Tree

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    Yu Sun
    The document describes the forces acting on a falling coconut. It asks questions about: 1) Why the coconut accelerates at first due to the forces of weight and friction. 2) That friction decreases as acceleration increases. 3) The term for the downward speed when friction equals weight is terminal velocity. 4) The equation that relates kinetic energy to mass and speed, and uses it to calculate the coconut's speed before hitting the ground.

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    13. The diagram shows the forces which act on a coconut as it falls from a tall palm tree.
    There is no wind.

    friction

    weight

    (a) (i) Explain in terms of the forces involved why, at first, the coconut accelerates.

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    (ii) Name the friction force which acts on the coconut as it falls.

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    (iii) What happens to the friction force as the coconut accelerates?

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    (iv) Name the term used for the downwards speed of the coconut when the friction
    force equals the coconut’s weight.

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    (b) (i) State the equation which relates kinetic energy, mass and speed.

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    (ii) The mass of the coconut is 0.80 kg. Just before it hits the ground its kinetic
    energy is 32.4 J.

    Calculate its speed just before it hits the ground and state the unit.

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    Speed = .............................................
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