Projectile Motion

Question 1

In the monkey and hunter experiment, where should the hunter aim to try and hit the monkey and why?

Answer 1

Straight at it, because as soon as the arrow leaves the bow the money will start dropping to the ground with an acceleration of 9.81ms^-2 along with the arrow dropping at the same acceleration due to gravity.

Question 2

What doesn’t change when there is no air resistance?

Answer 2

The horizontal component of velocity.

Question 3

What would the monkey’s horizontal component of velocity be?

Answer 3

Zero

Question 4

As time goes on what happens to the vertical component of velocity for the arrow?

Answer 4

It will get greater and greater showing the parabola pattern.

Question 5

What happens if you have a projectile moving?

Answer 5

The horizontal component of velocity is independent of the vertical component of velocity.

Question 6

What equations do you use when answer projectile motion questions?

Answer 6

suvat equation of motion.