Projectile Motion

If you drop a banana, how fast is it going after 2 seconds?

• 4.9m/s
• 9.8m/s
• 19.6m/s
• 29.4m/s

The more mass an object has, the faster it will fall.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If I throw a crayon straight up at 12m/s, how fast is its speed when i catch it at the same height?

• -6 m/s
• -12 m/s
• -18 m/s
• -24 m/s

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• -9.8 m/s²

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Velocity is different from speed in that velocity is speed in a given direction.

• True
• False

If a bullet is horizontally shot at the same moment another bullet is dropped from the same height, which will hit the ground first?

• Shot Bullet
• Dropped Bullet
• Hit at Same Time

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If a bullet is horizontally shot at the same moment another bullet is dropped from the same height, which has a larger vertical speed when they hit the ground?

• Shot Bullet
• Dropped Bullet
• Same for Both

Which angle will produce the greatest height (in the absence of air resistance)?

• 0 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 90 degrees
• none of these

An object is projected horizontally from a cliff.  The time it takes to hit the ground is

• more than if it was just dropped
• less than if it was just dropped
• the same amount of time than if it was just dropped
• impossible to determine

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What angle will give you the greatest range in the x direction?

• 30 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 60 degrees
• 90 degrees