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100

What is the Golden man statue given to talented actors

An Oscar

100
This is the shape of the path of all projectiles.
What is a parabola?
100
These are the units for initial velocity.
What is meters per second?
100

A rock is thrown at an angle of 15° above of the horizontal. The rock reaches a maximum height of 12 m. What is the initial velocity of the rock?

What is 59.1m/s

100

What does the variable y refer to?

What is the vertical distance an object falls

200

What name is singer-actor Stefani Germanotta better known by?

Lady Gaga

200
It doesn't change, this velocity stays the same.
What is horizontal velocity of projectiles?
200
This is the standard unit for vertical displacement
What is the meter?
200

A rock is thrown at an angle of 15° above of the horizontal. The rock reaches a maximum height of 12 m. How far does the rock travel horizontally before it hits the ground?

What is 178.2m

200
This quantity links together the horizontal and vertical velocities.
What is time
300

This song is a soundtrack to the Disney Movie______

Encanto

300
This is the only force that acts on a projectile.
What is gravity?
300
This quantity is zero for all horizontally-launched projectiles. You must be very specific for credit.
What is initial velocity in the vertical direction?
300

Ryan hits a golf ball hits at an angle of 50° with respect to the ground and remains in the air for 6 seconds. Determine the peak height of the golf ball. 

44.1m

300
This is what the path of a projectile is called.
What is the trajectory?
400

Which animal can be seen on the Porsche logo?

Horse

400

This is the equation for horizontal velocity

What is x = v t ?

400

This is the place of minimal overall velocity for an angled projectile.

What is the peak/maximum height.

400

Ryan hits a golf ball hits at an angle of 50° with respect to the ground and remains in the air for 6 seconds. Determine the horizontal displacement of the ball. 

148.2m

400
These are 3 ways to change the range of your projectile.
What are initial velocity, starting height, and launch angle.
500

Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?

Germany

500
This is the name of the set of four equations used for calculating motion with acceleration.
What are the kinematics equations?
500
Name the standard units for each of the following quantities: 1. velocity 2. displacement 3. time 4. acceleration
What is 1. meters per second 2. meters 3. seconds 4. meters per second squared
500

Savya tosses a ball into the air at a speed of 64.0 m/s at an unknown angle. If the ball is observed to rise to a maximum height of 7.80 m, at what angle was the ball thrown relative to the ground?

11.1˚

500
This is the best angle to launch a projectile to get the longest range.
What is 45 degrees?