Answer:
1 second later the vehicle's velocity will be:

5 seconds later the vehicle's velocity will be:

Explanation:
Recall the formula for the velocity of an object under constant accelerated motion (with acceleration "
"):

Therefore, in this case
and 
so we can estimate the velocity of the vehicle at different times just by replacing the requested "t" in the expression:

Answer:
because energy will be lost due to friction, sound, and heat (arguably similar to friction) and ENERGY MUST STAY THE SAME so it is IMPOSSIBLE for the ball to bounce higher than when dropped!