AP Physics 1 Two-Dimensional Kinematics and Projectile Motion — practice questions
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Practice AP Physics 1 Two-Dimensional Kinematics and Projectile Motion in the app →An object thrown into the air and moving under gravity alone is called a:The path followed by a projectile is called its:The key to analysing projectile motion is to resolve it into motions along:The horizontal and vertical components of two-dimensional motion are:Adding two vectors graphically by placing the tail of one at the head of the other is the:The vector drawn from the tail of the first vector to the head of the last is called the:The horizontal and vertical components of a motion add together to give:Because gravity acts vertically, the horizontal acceleration of a projectile is:If you set up a coordinate system with downwards as positive, the acceleration due to gravity takes:Subtracting vectors is described as analogous to the subtraction of:The two named approaches to vector addition and subtraction are graphical methods and:The independence of horizontal and vertical motion means a ball dropped and a ball fired horizontally from theResolving projectile motion into perpendicular directions works because each direction can then be treated as:The head-to-tail method gives the same resultant regardless of the order the vectors are drawn because vector Choosing which direction counts as positive in a projectile problem affects:A projectile's horizontal velocity stays constant during flight because: