Projectile Motion

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.HS-PS2-1

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

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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.HS-PS2-1

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

• 10
• 0
• not enough information given

An object is shot from the ground (at 25 m/s) at 25 degrees and 65 degrees.  Which one rises to a higher height? (assume no air resistance)

• 25 degrees
• 65 degrees
• same for both

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

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