Projectile Motion Concepts

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

• hyperbolic

• parabolic

• linear

• circular

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

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• none of these

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

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• none of these

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

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• none of these

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• path

• trajectory

• range

• parabola

A _______ is any object that once projected or dropped continues in motion by its own inertia and is influenced only by the downward force of gravity.

• projectile

• parabola

1)    Projectiles travel with a ________ trajectory due to the influence of gravity.

• parabolic

• straight

If a ball is thrown at a 15° angle, it will have a _____ range and height than a ball thrown at a 45° angle.

• shorter

• longer