Projectile Motion
Terms and Definitions
Energy and Motion
Double the Fun
Concepts Galore
100

The acceleration in this direction is zero.

The acceleration in this direction is zero.

100

The change in position

displacement

100

Energy is the ability to do what?

work

100

The force on one object by another object is _____ in magnitude but ______ in direction.

equal

opposite

100

Can the resultant of the addition of two parallel vectors be less than the magnitude of one of the individual vectors?

Yes, because it depends on the direction of the vectors.

200

The path of a projectile

trajectory

200

the unit for kinetic energy

Joules     J

200

This variable decides how fast a toy car will be going when it reaches the bottom of a frictionless ramp.

The height

200

If one of the chares is doubled, the electrostatic force between it and another object _____ (increases or decreases) by how much?

Increases by twice as much

200

A baseball is hit high into the air and is caught easily by the shortstop. When the ball reached it maximum height, its speed was …

less than its initial speed

300

If a rock is thrown horizontally off a bridge, how much farther will it travel if it is thrown twice as fast?

Twice as far

300

a quantity that has magnitude and direction

a vector

300

Kinetic energy, measured in joules, is based on an object's (two variables)

mass and speed

300

DAILY DOUBLE

For an object to be accelerating, it must do one of three things. Name the three actions.

speed up

slow down

change direction

300

If a car is moving at a constant speed of 25 m/s on a straight road, what can be said about the net force acting on the car?

The net force must be equal to zero.

ΣF = ma

If zero acceleration, zero net force.

400

Which tennis ball would hit the ground first, a tennis ball shot horizontally out of a ball machine with a speed of 34 m/s or a ball dropped from the same height?

Neither - both hit at the same time

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Kinetic energy is the _________. What are two types of energy that represent kinetic energy?

Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Examples are mechanical, electrical, light, sound, and thermal.

400

What is the potential energy of a 200 kg object, 50 meters above a reference point?

98,100 J

400

How will the electrostatic force between two charges change if each charge doubles and the distance of separation decrease by ½?

16

400

                     DAILY DOUBLE

 If a passanger sitting on a train moving 20 m/s  [E] throws a ball straight up into the air inside the train car, where will the ball land relative to that person, AND to an individual standing stationary outside the train at a station, what would the ball’s motion look like?

The ball will land back in the passenger’s hand

and

to a stationary observer outside the train, the ball’s motion will look like an arch or parabola.

500

If a ball is dropped from a 10 m high bridge, it is in the air for how long?

1.4 seconds

500

For every force, there is a force equal in magnitude but opposite in direction

Newton’s 3rd Law

500

DAILY DOUBLE

If a 800 kg roller coaster car at rest atop of a hill has 196,200 J of potential energy, how high is the hill AND how fast will it be going at the bottom of the hill? (assuming no friction)

Hill is 25 m high

and 

Speed at bottom of the hill is  22 m/s 

500

Can an object with zero acceleration be moving?

Yes

(constant velocity)

500

What two variables does the coefficient of friction depend?

The normal force and 

the force of friction