Projectile Concept Questions

As an object travels through the air, its vertical velocity 

• changes continuously
• remains the same

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What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?(neglect air resistance)

• 0 m/s²

• -9.8 m/s²

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What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile?(neglect air resistance)

• 0 m/s²

• -9.8 m/s²

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

• 6 m/s
• 12 m/s
• 18 m/s
• 24 m/s

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If you drop a banana, how fast is it going after 2 seconds?(neglect air resistance) 

• 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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If a bullet is horizontally shot at the same moment another bullet is dropped from the same height, which will hit the ground first?(neglect air resistance) 

• Shot Bullet
• Dropped Bullet
• Hit at Same Time

If car A is horizontally driving off a cliff at the same moment car B is pushed from the same cliff, which has a larger vertical speed when they hit the ground?(neglect air resistance) 

• Car A
• Car B
• Same for Both
• heavier car

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A vector is a quantity that had

• magnitude and time
• time and direction
• magnitude and direction
• direction and rhythm 

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