Catapult

To hurl or launch something

• Catapult

• Trebuchet

• Lever

• Force

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An ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.

• Catapult

• Fulcrum

• Cantilever

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Catapult, mechanism for forcefully propelling stones, spears, or other projectiles, in use mainly as a military weapon since ancient times

• Load

• Catapult

• Catapult Arm

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What is a catapult?

• A time machine

• A simple machine built for wartime, used the throw heavy objects at enemies

• A slingshot

• A machine invented recently

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Who built the first catapult?

• Athena

• The Greek Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse

• Hercules

• Mr. Wesley

Without ___, the object that was catapulted might continue to fly forever.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• gravity

• fire and wind

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What is and important, strong and sturdy shape used in constructing the base of a catapult?

• Square

• Rectangle

• Triangle

• Circle

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The purpose of the catapult experiment was

• to build a toy that could launch a mini marshmallow 15 feet (4.5 m).

• to make a launcher that could launch a marshmallow 1 foot.

• to construct a catapult that could launch a large marshmallow 15 feet (4.5 m).

• to construct a slingshot that could launch a large marshmallow 4 feet.

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The independent or test variable in this experiment was:

• the catapult

• the angle of the lever of the catapult

• the potential energy of the catapult

• the distance the projectile traveled

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The dependent variable or outcome variable was:

• the distance the projectile traveled

• the angle the lever rested at full potential

• the size of the catapult

• the point of rest of the projectile

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