Projectile Motion

A basketball that is thrown to the ring follows a path that is ______________.

What happens to the horizontal velocity of a projectile as it travels along the curved path?

What happens to the vertical velocity of a projectile as it goes up?

What happens to the vertical velocity of a projectile as it goes down?

What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile due to gravity?

In the diagram, which letter represents the vertical displacement $$d_y^{ }$$  ?

In the diagram, which letter represents the horizontal displacement $$d_x^{ }$$  ?

What do you call the horizontal distance travelled by a projectile?

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

What force acts in the y direction that causes an object to follow a parabolic path?