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PHY SCI HN - Projectile Motion

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A stone is thrown horizontally off of an 80 m high cliff at 5 m/s. What is the correct acceleration of the stone? (select all that apply)

a)

0 m/s2 in the x-direction

b)

-9.8 m/s2 in the y-direction

c)

0 m/s2 in the y-direction

d)

-9.8 m/s2 in the x-direction

2.

A stone is thrown horizontally off of an 80 m high cliff at 5 m/s. How long will it take to reach the ground?

a)

4.04 s

b)

6.06 s

c)

16.33 s

d)

8.08 s

3.

A stone is thrown horizontally off of an 80 m high cliff at 5 m/s. How far from the base of the cliff will it hit the ground?

a)

5 m

b)

10 m

c)

15 m

d)

20 m

4.

A stone is thrown horizontally off of an 80 m high cliff at 5 m/s. With what final vertical velocity will the stone hit the ground?

a)

5 m/s

b)

8 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

13.24 m/s

5.

A stone is thrown horizontally off of an 80 m high cliff at 5 m/s. With what final horizontal velocity will the stone hit the ground?

a)

5 m/s

b)

8 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

13.24 m/s

6.

A bird is flying horizontally at a constant speed of 3 m/s. The bird poops and it hits you on the head 10 m away. How high was the bird flying?

a)

3.3 s

b)

54 m

c)

16 m

d)

33 m

7.

Kiki slides a glass of milk across the 0.75 m high kitchen table to her brother Marcus. He doesn't notice, and the glass falls off the table and smashes to the ground 0.5 m away. How fast did she sling the glass of milk across the table?

a)

0.153 m/s

b)

0.39 s

c)

1.28 m/s

d)

-9.8 m/s2

8.

A plane is flying at a constant velocity of 200 m/s. An object falls from the plane and lands 1000 m away. How high was the plane flying?

a)

122.5 m

b)

25 m

c)

1000 m

d)

501.25 m

9.

An archer fires an arrow horizontally from 1.5 m high and it lands 200 m away. How fast was the arrow traveling?

a)

357 m/s

b)

300 m/s

c)

529 m/s

d)

1240 m/s

10.

Brian runs off of a 121 m high cliff in Hawaii at 7 m/s. How far from the base of the cliff will he hit the water?

a)

35 m

b)

40 m

c)

80 m

d)

17.23 m