Horizontal Projectile Motion

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

• path

• trajectory

• range

• parabola

The following quantities are important in the study of a projectile motion EXCEPT ______.

• speed of the projectile

• mass of the projectile

• height of release

• time covered

At what point is v_y= 0 m/s?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• None of these points

What is the horizontal acceleration of a projectile?

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The shape of the path a projectile follows...

• circular

• linear

• wavy

• parabolic

In a projectile motion we always have...

• 1 component (x)

• 3 components (x,y, and z)

• 2 components (x and y)

• 0 components

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A baseball player throws a ball horizontally (at an angle of 0 degrees). Which statement best describes the

ball’s motion after it is thrown? (Neglect air resistance)

• A. Its vertical speed

  remains the same, and

  its horizontal speed

  remains the same.

• B. Its vertical speed

  increases, and its

  horizontal speed

  increases.

• C. Its vertical speed

  increases and its

  horizontal speed

  remains the same.

• D. Its vertical speed

  increases and its horizontal speed decreases

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Which of the following quantities remains constant throughout projectile motion?

• Horizontal velocity

• Vertical velocity

• Acceleration

• Total velocity

A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track. The stone will hit the ground following:

• A. Hyperbolic path

• B. Straight path

• C. Circular Path

• D. Parabolic Path

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Which of the following components of its initial velocity remains constant throughout its trajectory?

• Vertical velocity

• Horizontal velocity

• Total velocity

• Acceleration