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SCIENCE 21.

The potential energy of the projectile is


1. What is the only force acting on a projectile? constant.
Gravity/Gravitational Force 22. The path of a projectile is a trajectiory.
2. At what angle can you maximum range if 23. Gravity makes things fall and accelerate at
you to throw a projectile with a particular a constant rate of 9.8 m/s2.
velocity? 45 degrees 24. An object dropped from rest free fall.
3. If a projectile is thrown at an angle of 70 25. The horizontal motion of a projectile is
degrees with a particular velocity, at what independent of its vertical motion.
angle will it achieve the same range? 20 26. Projectiles travel with a parabolic trajectory
degrees due to the influence of gravity.
4. What can be said about the acceleration in 27. Any object upon which the only acting force
the horizontal acceleration? Horizontal = 0, is the force of gravity is called a free fall.
acceleration wen goes down = 9.8 m/s2 28. The projectile problem involves constant
5. A cannon fires a shell at a fixed angle above velocity along the horizontal direction and
the horizontal. Which one of the following constant velocity in the vertical direction.
quantities is the same throughout the shell’s 29. An object which is thrown upward at an
flight? Acceleration angle to the horizontal is also a projectile.
6. Any object that is thrown into the air. 30. An object that is thrown vertically upward is
Projectile also projectile (provided that the influence
7. It refers to the maximum horizontal distance of air resistance is negligible).
travelled by a projectile. Range 31. A free fall is when an object is falling without
8. It is the force exerted by the earth on an any air resistance.
object. Gravity 32. Free fall is acted upon by gravity.
9. It is a straight-line distance from initial to 33. A projectile is an object that is initially
final position. Displacement thrown into the air and moves along a
10. It is defined as the change in position of a curved path called
body with respect to a frame of reference. 34. trajectory. The entire duration while the
Motion projectile is on the air is called time of
11. It is the acceleration of objects with different flight.
masses when dropped neglecting air 35. Range is the maximum horizontal distance
resistance. 9.8 m/s2 while height is the vertical displacement
12. It refers to a two-dimensional motion. traveled by the projectile in its path.
Projectile 36. If a ball is dropped from the top a building,
13. It is the sub branch of Mechanics that deals the initial velocity is 0. But if a ball is thrown
with the study of descriptions of motion. upward from the ground, it will start with a
Kinematics velocity 0 more than zero.
14. A machine launches a tennis ball at an 37. As soon as the ball reaches maximum
angle of 25 degrees above the horizontal at height, by which the velocity is 0, the ball
a speed of 14 meters per second. The ball will start to fall.
returns to level ground. Which combination 38. The velocity with which it will strike the
of changes must produce an increase in ground is the same the velocity with which
time of flight of a second launch? Increase it was thrown. The time in going down. An
the angle and velocity object falling without air resisting is under
15. Which angle produces the greatest range? the influence of gravity and it illustrates
45 degrees free fall.
16. Which two angles will produce the same 39. The value of acceleration due to gravity is
range? Complementary Angle (2:1) constant velocity y (vertical).
17. The vertical component of the velocity of the
projectile is Vy (Vertical Component of
Velocity).
18. The horizontal component of the velocity of
the projectile is Vx (Horizontal Component
of Velocity).
19. The acceleration is 9.8 m/s2.
20. The kinetic energy of the projectile is
constant.

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