Projectile Motion Vocabulary Quiz

Each part of a two-dimensional vector

• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall
• horizontal

any object thrown into space upon which the only acting force is gravity.

• projectile
• component
• resolution
• free fall
• horizontal

any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.

• free fall
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• horizontal

an object that has both a magnitude and a direction.

• vector
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall

the vector sum of two or more individual vectors.

• resultant vector
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall

physical quantity that has both directions as well as magnitude.

• vector quanity
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall

parallel to the plane of the horizon

• horizontal
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall

at right angles to a horizontal plane

• vertical
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall

The smallest change in the quantity being measured of a measuring instrument that gives a perceptible change in the reading

• resolution
• component
• projectile
• free fall
• horizontal

the physical quantity with only magnitude and no direction.

• scalar quanity
• component
• resolution
• projectile
• free fall