Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS NORTE
PAOAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. 20 Paratong, Paoay, Ilocos Norte (077) 600-0633 / paoaynhs@yahoo.com

SUMMATIVE TEST 2
PROJECTILE MOTION
Choose the letter of the BEST ANSWER from the given choices.
1. What force keeps an object from reaching the ground?
A. Frictional force C. Gravitational force
B. Magnetic Force D. Tension force
2. How do you describe the trajectory of a projectile?
A. Circular B. Elliptical C. Hyperbola D. Parabola
3. Which of the following composed the two linear motions of a projectile?
A. Horizontal and circular motion C. Horizontal and vertical motion
B. Vertical and circular motion D. Vertical and curvilinear motion
4. What is referred to as an object that is acted solely upon by gravitational force?
A. Project B. Projectile C. Target D. Trajectory
5. What do you call the path followed by an object under projectile motion?
A. Project B. Projectile C. Target D. Trajectory
6. What happens to the vertical velocity of an object as it travels through the air?
A. Changes continuously C. Gradually increasing
B. Gradually decreasing D. Remains the same
7. What happens to the horizontal velocity of an object as it travels through the air?
A. Changes continuously C. Gradually increasing
B. Gradually decreasing D. Remains the same
8. If you throw a baseball straight up, what is its vertical velocity at the highest point?
A. 0 m/s B. 9.8 m/s C. 0 m/s2 D. -9.8 m/s2
9. If a stone is horizontally launched at a certain height, what will be the vertical velocity as it reaches
the ground?
A. Changes continuously C. Gradually increasing
B. Gradually decreasing D. Remains the same
10. What is the acceleration of a baseball as it returns to ground?
A. 0 m/s B. 9.8 m/s C. 0 m/s2 D. -9.8 m/s2
11. In a projectile motion, which velocity component is affected by the force of gravity?
A. Horizontal component
B. Vertical component
C. Both the horizontal and vertical components
D. Neither the horizontal and vertical components
12. What is the direction of the acceleration of any projectile?
A. Down C. Up
B. sideways D. The direction the projectile is travelling
13. At which of the following points does a projectile have the greatest acceleration?
A. At the peak of its trajectory C. At the instant it is launched
B. Half way to the peak D. All points have the same acceleration
14. At which of the following points in the trajectory does a projectile have the greatest velocity?
A. At the peak of its trajectory C. At the instant it is launched
B. Half way to the peak D. All points have the same acceleration
15. At which of the following points does a projectile have the least velocity?
A. At the peak of its trajectory C. At the instant it is launched
B. Half way to the peak D. All points have the same acceleration
16. Which of the following is true regarding projectile motion?
A. Horizontal velocity of projectile is constant
B. Vertical velocity of projectile is constant
 C. Acceleration is not constant
D. Momentum is constant
17. It is the height from a projectile’s path when the vertical component equals zero?
A. Minimum height C. Range
B. Maximum height D. Trajectory
18. What do you call the displacement of a projectile in the horizontal direction?
A. Minimum height C. Range
B. Maximum height D. Trajectory
19. The launch angle of a projectile can be anywhere from ________.
A. 0 to 45 degrees C. 0 to 180 degrees
B. 0 to 90 degrees D. 0 to 360 degrees
20. In projectile motion, as you make the launch angle greater, the maximum height will _______.
A. be higher B. be lower C. remain the same D. become zero
21. What happens to the range of projectile if you keep increasing its launch angle?
A. It will increase until 45º then decrease from there.
B. It will decrease until 45º then increase from there.
C. It will increase until 45º then remain the same from there.
D. It will increase until 45º then becomes zero all throughout.
22. The launch angle that will result to the longest range given the same initial velocity is ________.
A. 30º B. 45º C. 60º D. 85º
23. Given a projectile traveling at 20 m/s, at which launch angle below will it have the longest range?
A. 30º B. 40º C. 60º D. 80º
24. Dennis and friends are trying to get their rubber band sipa, which got stuck on a tree branch, by
throwing stones at it. To reach it, they have to throw the stone as high as they can. At which angle
will the stone reach the highest?
A. 30º B. 45º C. 60º D. 75º
25. Which pair of launch angles below will travel the same range given the same initial velocity?
A. 15º and 75º B. 25º and 35º C. 45º and 65º D. 30º and 70º
26. What is trajectory?
A. The highest peak of a projectile.
B. The time of flight of a projectile.
C. The parabolic path followed by a projectile
D. The horizontal displacement of a projectile.
II. Direction: The illustration below shows the different points on the path of a projectile labelled by
letters. Write the letter of the point that corresponds to the description in each number. An item
may have 2 or more correct answers.

_____________1. At which point is the zero vertical velocity?

_____________2. Which points have the greatest vertical velocity?
_____________3. Which points have the same horizontal velocity?
_____________4. Which point has the same magnitude of vertical velocity as point D?
____________ 5. Which point has the same magnitude of vertical velocity as point A?