VERTICAL

PROJECTILE MOTION
TOPIC 2 TERM 1
TO NOTE ABOUT PROJECTILES

NOTE:
• A projectile falls freely at constant gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m.s-1
• Thus an object changes the magnitude and direction of its velocity not its
acceleration
• The time from upwards to the turning point and turning point to the initial
position is the same
• The speed in which the projectile leaves your hand is the same velocity at
which it returns but in the opposite direction
• The displacement of n object is the shortest vertical distance between its
initial and final velocity
graphs of motion revision
 POSITION TIME GRAPH a = 0

Position -time • The total displacement increases by the

6 same value per interval
Position (m)

4 • The gradient: m = ∆x
2 • ∆t
0
= velocity
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Time (s)
VELOCITY TIME
a=0

velocity time
4
• The body maintains a
Velocity (m/s)

3
2 constant velocity
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (s)
ACCELERATION TIME

Acceleration time • Zero acceleration

1
• Horizontal straight
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