Quiz #1 (Projectile Motion)

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

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

• -9.0 m/s

• -9.8 m/s

• -9.8 m/s2

• -9.08 m/s2

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• path

• trajectory

• range

• parabola

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

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

• tension

• friction

• gravity

• no force