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What is the vertical velocity at the peak of a projectile's trajectory?
What is ZERO!
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The horizontal component is independent from____________________.
What is the vertical component
100
The main factor affecting vertical velocity is ___________.
GRAVITY
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What do you call an object following a parabolic path in the air?

What is a projectile

100
The acceleration of gravity pulls objects in which direction?

What is down

200

What is the unit for Velocity?

What is meters per second (m/s)

200
True/False. The horizontal velocity is affected by gravity.
FALSE
200
TRUE/FALSE. The vertical velocity is unaffected by the horizontal velocity.
TRUE
200
At what part of the projectile have minimum speed?
The top of the peak.
200

True or False- The acceleration of gravity changes depending on the projectile's trajectory.

What is false

300

Velocity is a vector quantity which needs magnitude and what?

What is direction

300

If a football is traveling in the air to the left, which direction would the horizontal component vectors be drawn?

What is left

300
The vertical component is independent the _______________________.
the horizontal component
300
In what direction is all of the velocity at the top of a projectile's peak?
HORIZONTAL
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What is the trajectory of a projectile called?
a parabola!
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What factor does vertical velocity depend on?
Gravity
400
How much will the horizontal velocity change in 19.6 seconds?
None at ALL
400

The vertical component is drawn on which axis?

What is the y-axis

400
At what other angle will a thrown ball go the same distance as one thrown 20 degrees?
70 degrees
400
If a ball was tossed upward and it reached its highest point, describe its velocity as it falls back down.
It INCREASES
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At the peak of a projectile's trajectory the velocity is both horizontal and vertical, vertical only or horizontal only?
Horizontal ONLY
500
If you were to throw a rock 4.3 m/s, horizontally, and drop another from the same height, which would hit the ground first?
Neither, they would hit the ground at the same time!
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For an upwardly launched projectile, _______ is the best angle to shoot a projectile the furthest distance.
45 degrees
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At what other angle will a thrown ball go the same distance as one thrown 44 degrees?
46 degrees!
500

What is the formula to calculate the horizontal velocity component?

What is vcos(theta)