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WorksheetsProjectiles
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its velocity at the highest point?
a)
9.8 m/s2
b)
9.8 m/s
c)
0 m/s2
d)
0 m/s
2.
If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its acceleration at the highest point?
a)
9.8 m/s2
b)
9.8 m/s
c)
0 m/s2
d)
0 m/s
3.
If a bullet is horizontally shot at the same moment another bullet is dropped from the same height, which will hit the ground first?(neglect air resistance)
a)
Shot Bullet
b)
Dropped Bullet
c)
Hit at Same Time
4.
If car A is horizontally driving off a cliff at the same moment car B is pushed from the same cliff, which has a larger vertical speed when they hit the ground?(neglect air resistance)
a)
Car A
b)
Car B
c)
Same for Both
d)
heavier car
5.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a projectile?
a)
a cannonball thrown straight up
b)
a cannon ball rolling down a slope
c)
a cannonball rolling off a table
d)
a cannonball thrown in the air
6.
In the absence of air friction, the vertical component of a projectile's velocity doesn't change as the projectile moves.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Sometimes true
d)
Sometimes false
7.
In the absence of air friction, the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity doesn't change as the projectile moves.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Sometimes true
d)
Sometimes false
8.
Suppose an object is in free fall.(neglect air resistance) Each second the object falls _________
a)
the same distance as in the second before.
b)
a larger distance than in the second before.
c)
with the same instantaneous speed.
d)
with the same average speed.
9.
What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?(neglect air resistance)
a)
0 m/s2
b)
9.8 m/s2
10.
What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile?(neglect air resistance)
a)
0 m/s2
b)
9.8 m/s2
11.
The horizontal velocity of a projectile is unaffected by the vertical velocity; these two components of motion are independent of each other.
a)
True
b)
False
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