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WorksheetsProjectiles Intro
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which car will go higher?
the one on the left
the one on the right
both will reach the same height
Which car will land farther away from the cannon?
the one on the left
the one on the right
both the same
Which car will go stay in the air for a longer time?
the one on the left
the one on the right
both the same
A piano and an apple are launched into the air, with the same initial velocity. What will happen?
the piano will travel much farther than the apple
the apple will travel much farther than the piano
they will land close together
A piano and an apple are launched into the air, with the same initial velocity. What will happen?
the piano will stay low, but the apple will go up high
the apple will stay in the air longer than the piano
the apple and piano will travel to the same height in the same time
Which travels farthest, a cannonball shot straight up, one shot 45 degrees above the horizontal, or one shot horizontally?
straight up
45 degrees
horizontal
A cannonball was shot at a 45 degree angle above the horizontal, and is now flying toward a castle. Check all the forces that will determine whether it hits the castle wall.
air resistance
gravity
normal force
applied force
The quarterback kicks a football from the 20 yard line, and the ball just clears the goal. To celebrate, the QB runs into the endzone and throws his helmet straight up. The helmet goes just as high as the goal. Which object was in the air longer?
the helmet thrown straight up
the ball thrown from the 20 yard line
both are in the air for the same time
If you launch a ping-pong ball and a golf ball at the same initial velocity, which will travel farther? Hint - the two balls are the same size and have the same air resistance, but the ping-pong ball is MUCH lighter.
ping pong ball
golf ball
If you have a flat sheet of paper and you want to toss it into a wastebasket, it helps to crumple it into a ball. Why?
mass increases
mass decreases
air resistance decreases
air resistance increases
in physics, a "simple projectile" is something that flies like a rock. We can ignore air resistance, and it doesn't have wings. Check all of the things that are simple projectiles.
rock
pumpkin
paper plane
piano
feather
