Mission VP10: Displacement and Time for a Projectile

Mission VP10 includes questions that target student understanding of how the vertical and horizontal displacement of a projectile vary with time. The mission consists of 36 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to identify and describe the variables that effect the time of flight of a projectile.
• The student should be able to identify and describe the variables that effect the horizontal and vertical displacement of a projectile.

 

Launch Mission VP10

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions Unit, Lesson 2, Part c

The Physics Classroom, Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions Unit, Lesson 2, Part e

The Physics Classroom, Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions Unit, Lesson 2, Part f
 

• How does an alteration in the horizontal speed effect the horizontal displacement of a horizontally-launched projectile?
• How does an alteration in the horizontal speed effect the time of flight of a horizontally-launched projectile?
• What variables would effect the time of flight of a horizontally-launched projectile?
• How can the time of flight of a horizontally-launched projectile be calculated?
• How can the range (horizontal displacement) of a horizontally-launched projectile be calculated?
• How can the vertical displacement of a horizontally-launched projectile be calculated?
• What variables would effect the time of flight of an angle-launched projectile?
• How can the time of flight of an angle-launched projectile be calculated?

 

Video Tutorials:

x- and y-Displacement of a Projectile

 

Mathematics of Projectile Motion

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: