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Key Terms: Free Fall and Two Dimensional Motion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


An object being stationary relative to a particular frame of reference or another object. When an object's position does not change.

a)

At Rest

b)

Constant

c)

Photogate

d)

Free Fall

2.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


Any type of motion when either the distance traveled by the object is the same for each second, or the speed of the object changes by the same amount each second.

a)

At Rest

b)

Constant Motion

c)

Photogate

d)

Free Fall

3.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


A device that measures the time between events that interrupt an infra-red beam.

a)

At Rest

b)

Constant Motion

c)

Photogate

d)

Free Fall

4.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


Motion of an object where gravity is the only force acting upon it

a)

At Rest

b)

Constant Motion

c)

Photogate

d)

Free Fall

5.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


A force of attraction that exists between any two masses, any two bodies, any two particles. Gravity is not just the attraction between objects and the Earth. It is an attraction that exists between all objects, everywhere in the universe.

a)

Gravity

b)

Terminal Velocity

c)

Height

d)

Range

6.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The constant speed that an object reaches as it falls through a liquid or gas

a)

Gravity

b)

Terminal Velocity

c)

Height

d)

Range

7.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The magnitude of elevation/altitude of an object that is stationary or in a trajectory.

a)

Gravity

b)

Terminal Velocity

c)

Height

d)

Range

8.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The horizontal distance traveled by a projectile.

a)

Gravity

b)

Terminal Velocity

c)

Height

d)

Range

9.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The component that stretches from the start of the vector to its furthest x-coordinate.

a)

Horizontal Component

b)

Vertical Component

c)

Projectile

d)

Resultant Vector

10.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The component that stretches from the x-axis to the most vertical point (y-axis) on the vector.

a)

Horizontal Component

b)

Vertical Component

c)

Projectile

d)

Resultant Vector

11.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


A form of motion experienced by an object or particle that is projected/launched near the Earth's surface and moves along a curved path under action of Gravity.

a)

Horizontal Component

b)

Vertical Component

c)

Projectile

d)

Resultant Vector

12.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


A single vector that represents the combined effects of two or more vectors. It adds from the end of the first vector, to the tip of the last one.

a)

Horizontal Component

b)

Vertical Component

c)

Projectile

d)

Resultant Vector

13.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


The path that an object with mass in motion follows.

a)

Constant Motion

b)

Vertical Component

c)

Free Fall

d)

Trajectory

14.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:


A plane curve that is mirror-symmetrical and approximately U-Shaped. A projectile follows this type of trajectory.

a)

Constant Motion

b)

Parabola

c)

Free Fall

d)

Trajectory

15.

Choose the word that best fits this definition:

the branch of mathematics dealing with the relations of the sides and angles of triangles and with the relevant functions of any angles.

a)

Trigonometry

b)

Parabola

c)

Free Fall

d)

Trajectory