Projectile Motion

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

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

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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

As an object travels through the air, its vertical velocity 

• changes continuously
• remains the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When a ball is projected horizontally, what is its initial vertical velocity?

• 10
• 0
• not enough information given

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

What force acts in the y direction that causes an object to travel in a parabolic arc?

• Friction
• Gravity
• Tension
• No force acting.

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4