Partner Practice: Projectile Motion

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

_{Projectiles move in which two directions?}

• up and down
• left and right
• horizontal and vertical
• east and west

In a projectile motion we always have...

• 1 component (x)

• 3 components (x,y, and z)

• 2 components (x and y)

• 0 components

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_{What is the only thing that determines how long a horizontally launched projectile stays in the air?}

• the weight of the object
• the height of the object
• the height at which it was launched
• the distance of the projectile

Horizontal and vertical motions are ______ of each other

• dependent
• independent

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When an object is launched horizontally, what is the initial vertical velocity?

• 0 m/s

• It's always 9.8 m/s

• It depends on the horizontal launch speed

• It depends on the color of the object being launched