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100

Speed and velocity are nearly the same quantity, except velocity has this. 

Direction

100

An object is raised some distance above ground level and released from rest. This is the origin of the coordinate system.

On the object, at its starting location

100

This is the vertical axis for a position and time graph.

Position

100

All projectile problems use the same set of kinematic equations. This is the one main difference between the two types of problems.

Horizontal --> 0 degrees

Angled --> # degrees

100

This celebrity interrupted Taylor Swift's VMA acceptance speech in 2009.

Kanye West

200

This is the difference between the initial and final positions of a moving object. 

displacement
200

If you want to know how high an object goes when thrown, you need to know this quantity in order to solve your kinematic equation(s).

tapex = (1/2)tflight 

200

This vector quantity can be found from the slope of a position vs. time graph.

velocity

200

A soccer ball is kicked with an initial velocity of 36 m/s at an angle of 50 degrees. This is the horizontal acceleration just after it is kicked. 

0 m/s2

200
This band's "American Idiot" album expressed disdain for Bush era policies. 

Green Day

300

These are the two equations you should use if you are asked to find average velocity or average acceleration.

v = delta x / delta t   

a = delta v / delta t

300
A flowerpot falls from a windowsill 25.0 m above the ground. This is how fast the pot is moving before it strikes the ground.

22.15 m/s

300

This quantity can be found by calculating the area under the curve on a position vs. time graph.

displacement

300

A golfer wants to hit his golf ball further. This is the angle he should launch the golf ball for it to reach the maximum range.

45 degrees

300

This iconic fighter aircraft made an entertaining cameo behind enemy lines in 2022's Top Gun Maverick.

F-14 Tomcat

400

An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until it lifts off the ground. Determine the distance traveled before takeoff. 

1721.3 m

400

A ball is thrown upward in the air with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. This is the time it takes to return to the point it was thrown from.

8.16 s

400

If an object is accelerating, the position vs. time graph will have this shape.

parabola

400

A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a 22.0 meter high hill and lands a distance of 35.0 meters from the edge of the hill. Determine the initial horizontal velocity of the soccer ball.

16.67 m/s

400

This novel by JRR Tolkien tells the ancient history of Middle Earth and beyond.

The Silmarillion

500

An engineer designs the runway of an airport. One plane has an acceleration of 3 m/s2 and a takeoff speed of 65 m/s. The runway must be this long. 

704.17 m

500

A girl hits a volleyball from a height of 0.8 m above the ground with an initial velocity straight up of 7.5 m/s. The volleyball reaches this height.

3.67 m above the ground

500
This is the process of adjusting your columns of data so that you can graph a straight-line relationship between 2 variables.

Linearization

500

A projectile is launched at 32.1 m/s and 52.6° above the horizontal. Determine the time in the air, the horizontal displacement, and the peak height.

t = 5.204 s

x = 101 m

y = 33.2 m


500

By rough estimates, this communist dictator is responsible for the deaths of 60 million citizens due to starvation and terror campaigns during the "Great Leap Forward" from 1958 to 1961.

Mao Zedong