Projectile Motion Quiz

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile?(neglect air resistance) 

• 0 m/s²
• 9.8 m/s²

At what point is v_y= 0 m/s?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• None of these points

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• path

• trajectory

• range

• parabola

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

• tension

• friction

• gravity

• no force

variable t represents

• displacement

• time

• initial velocity

• final velocity

What variable letter is altitude or height?

• _x

• v_x

• _y

• v_y

What variable is vertical velocity?

• d_x

• v_x

• d_y

• v_y