skydiving physics quiz

[mr2mk1g 10]

Bumbled onto this site during lunch. It's a revision site for kids... how do you do?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/gigaquiz?path=physics/forces_and_motion/gravity_and_movement_test&infile=gravity_and_movement_test

[daniel_owen_uk 0]

Sorry but the animation on that is classic
Nice exit, good arch too

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[Floats18 0]

and the opening was so violent it happened in less than a frame

HOLYCRAP

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[Darius11 12]

wow i suck i got 7 out of 15 46%.


Holy shit time to go back to school

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[Scoop 0]

Erm...

Whats that saying about taking up golf!?

Its easier to post a screen capture than to admit my shame

[tso-d_chris 0]

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Bumbled onto this site during lunch. It's a revision site for kids... how do you do?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/gigaquiz?path=physics/forces_and_motion/gravity_and_movement_test&infile=gravity_and_movement_test

I was doing fine until I used 9.8 m/s^2 instead of 10 m/s^2 in my calculations. I missed all of those.

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[n23x 0]

same here. what a bunch of bullshit. teaching our kids some bad math.

.jim

"Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC

[jloirsdaan 0]

9 out of 15 (60%)

Jordan

Go Fast, Dock Soft.

[azureriders 0]

12 out of 15 = 80%

the last three whats up with 10

[Eule 0]

11 out of 15, 73%.

Got hosed on the 10/9.8 thing. Apparently Scotland is more dense than the rest of
the world, resulting in a higher acceleration due to gravity there.

I score the BBC down on speeling and grammer, though.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[kallend 1,621]

15/15

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[tetra316 0]

66%, forget the calculations :)

[samhussey 0]

15/15

[flyinchicken 0]

66%

I can't get f or k. I must be f#@ked.

"Diligent observation leads to pure abstraction". Lari Pittman

[Katherine 0]

60% - do I get a star?
I used 9.8 for g also, too cool for school?

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