Projectile Motion

What is the shape of the path of any projectile?

• Hyperbola

• Hypotenuse

• Parabola

• Diagonal

What is the direction of the acceleration for any projectile?

• The direction the projectile is traveling.

• Down

• Up

• Sideways

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If a projectile is launched horizontally from a height of 12 m, how long will it take to hit the ground?

• 2.45 seconds

• 5.16 seconds

• 1.56 seconds

• 4.25 seconds

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If you are trying to find the horizontal component (Vx) of a projectile's velocity, what trigonometry function would you use?

• Cosine

• Sine

• Tangent

• Traxoline

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

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If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its velocity at the highest point?

• 9.8 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s
• 0 m/s²
• 0 m/s

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If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its acceleration at the highest point?

• 9.8 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s
• 0 m/s²
• 0 m/s

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

• True
• False

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What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

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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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