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Projectile Motion

Authored by Mariel Noriega

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Projectile Motion
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track. The stone will hit the ground following:

Hyperbolic path

Straight path

Circular path

Parabolic path

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A bullet is dropped from the same height when another bullet is fired horizontally. How will the two bullets reach the ground?

Simultaneously

Depends on the observer

One after the other

One after the other

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A bomb is dropped from an airplane moving horizontally at a constant speed. When air resistance is taken into consideration, the bomb ____________.

flies with the airplane

falls to earth behind the airplane

falls to earth ahead of the plane

falls to earth exactly below the airplane

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A particle moves in a plane with constant acceleration in a direction from the initial velocity. The path of the particle will be ____________.

a parabola

an ellipse

a straight line

an arc of a circle

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A projectile is launched at an angle of 300 above the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, what are the projectile’s horizontal and vertical accelerations when it reaches its maximum height?

Both the horizontal and vertical accelerations are zero.

The horizontal acceleration is zero and the vertical acceleration is -9.81 m/s^2.

The horizontal acceleration is 9.81 m/s2 and the vertical acceleration is zero.

Both the horizontal and vertical accelerations are 9.81 m/s^2.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ball is thrown at angle of 380 with respect to the horizontal. What happens to the magnitude of the ball’s vertical velocity during the time interval that the ball is in the air?

It decreases, then increases.

It decreases, then remains the same.

It increases, then decreases.

It remains the same.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A baseball player throws a ball horizontally (at an angle of 0o). Which statement best describes the ball’s motion after it is thrown? (Neglect air resistance)

Its vertical speed remains the same, and its horizontal speed remains the same.

Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed increases.

Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed remains the same.

Its vertical speed increases and its horizontal speed decreases

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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