Projectile

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile in real life?

• 0 m/s²

• 9.8 m/s²

In the diagram, which letter represents the horizontal displacement ?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What do you call the horizontal distance travelled by a projectile?

• path

• trajectory

• range

• parabola

What is the velocity of an object launched straight up at its highest point?

• zero

• equal to its v_x

• ½ its maximum value

• equal to gravity

What is the vertical acceleration of a projectile due to gravity?

• -9.0 m/s

• -9.8 m/s

• -9.8 m/s2

• -9.08 m/s2

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What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

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What force acts in the y direction that causes an object to follow a parabolic path?

• tension

• friction

• gravity

• no force

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The path followed by a projectile is also known as its

• trajectory

• range

• height

• vertical displacement

Once a projectile is launched, what is the only force that affects its motion?

• mass

• friction

• inertia

• gravity

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Which of the following statements about the horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion is true?

• Changes in the horizontal component occur only when the vertical component changes.

• Both the horizontal and vertical components are always constant.

• The vertical component changes while the horizontal component stays the same.

• The horizontal and vertical components are dependent of each other.