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Class task : Projectile Motion [11 marks]

Please solve the problems in the journal.
1. Ball 1is dropped from rest from an initial height h. Atthe same instant, ball 21s
launched vertically upwards at an initial velocity u.
heght
ball 1

ball 2

0.0 time

At what time are both balls at the same distance above the ground?

h h 2h
A. B. D.
4u 2u

projectile and the velocityv of the projectile at

2. The diagram shows the trajectory of a the projectile reaches the peak altitude. Air
point P in its trajectory. P is located before the projectile at P is a.
resistance acts on the projectile. The acceleration of

horizontal component and the vertical component of

What are the magnitudes of the
the acceleration of the projectile at P?

Vertical component of a
Horizontal component of a
greater than 9 8ms*
A zero

non-zero
greater than 9 8ms*
98ms²
C Zero
9 8ms
non-zero

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3. Astone is
of jupiter's kicked It horizontaliy at aspeed of 1.5 ms-1 from the edge of a cliff on one
moons. hits the 2.0 sBater. The height of the cliff is 4.0 m. Air
ground
resistance is negligible.
What is the magnitude of the
15m s
displacement of the stone?

A. 7.0 m B. 5.0 m C. 4.0 m D. 3.0 m

4.The road from city Xto city Yis 1000 km long. The displacement is 800 km from Xto Y.
e00 km
city Y
ve

road

from Yto X?
What is the distance travelled from Y to Xand the displacement
Distance travelied Dispiacement from
trom Y to X I km Yto XI km

800 B00

1000 B00
B00

1000 -B00

then continues
accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity v during time t,. It
5.A car
to time t2.
at constant velocity v from t,
covered by the car in t,?
What is the total distance

A. vtz
-t,) + vt,
ti
C. Ev(t,+ t) v(-ti )
2 -v(ti)
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D. vt t v(t, -t)

6.An object is pushed from rest by a constant net force of 100 N. When the object
travelled 2.0 m the object has reached a velocity of 10ms. has
What is the mass of the object?
A. 2 kg
t 0ke 20kg
7.A ball is thrown upwards at time t=0. The graph shows the variation with time of the
height of the ball. The ballreturns tothe initial height at time T.
heght,

tume

What is the height h at time t?

A. gt? B. gT2

8. The graph shows the variation with timet of the velocity of an object.
velocty
What is the variation with time t of the acceleration of
the object?

Jacceleration acceleraton

D
hcceleration acceleration 1

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9.A ball is thrown vertically downwards with an initial speed of 4.0 m s-1, The bal hits the
ground with a speed of 16 ms-, Air resistance is negligible.What is the time of tall ana
what is the distance travelled by the ball?

Time of fail/s
Distanceím
A 10 10
B 10 12
C 12 10

12 12

10.A large stone is dropped from a tall building. What iscorrect about the speed of the
stone after 1 s?

A.It is decreasing at increasing rate.

B. It is decreasing at decreasing rate.
C. It is increasing at increasing rate.
D. It is increasing at decreasing rate.

object varies with time in the interval from 0 to

11.The graph shows how the position of an
3s.
position /m

1A
T time / s
2 3
0 1
average speed over
the instantaneous speed of the object equal its
Atwhich point doesto 3 s?
from 0
the interval