Science Starter!

There is an interesting monkey at the zoo. The zookeeper feeds the monkey by shooting

bananas from a banana cannon to the monkey in the tree. This particular monkey has a habit of

dropping from the tree the moment that the banana leaves the muzzle of the cannon. If the

monkey lets go of the tree the moment that the banana is fired, will it catch the banana?

Describe what you believe will happen and why.

Two Dimensional Motion

KEY IDEA: Horizontal motion and Vertical motion are INDEPENDENT of each other.

“Cliff” problems:Vertical Motion: ay = - 9.8 m/s2 (Free – Fall)

Horizontal Motion: ax = 0 m/s2

Kinematics Equations

Horizontal Vertical

Vertical Horizontal

Time ay (m/s2) vy (m/s) y (m) ax (m/s2) vx (m/s) x (m)

0 s - 9.8 0 78.4 0 20 0

1 s - 9.8 - 9.8 73.5 0 20 20

2 s - 9.8 - 19.6 58.8 0 20 40

3 s - 9.8 - 29.4 34.3 0 20 60

4 s - 9.8 - 39.2 0 0 20 80

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.50

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Time (s)

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tal V

eloc

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Time (s)

Hor

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tal P

ositi

on (m

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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

-45

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-35

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-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

Time (s)

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cal V

eloc

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(m/s

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Verti

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Representing Quantities

Vectors:Remember: Any quantity with magnitude and direction (Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration)Represented by an ARROW, that is proportional in size and direction.

V = 5 m/s EastV = 2 m/s North

Actual Velocity

At t = 2s:

Vx = + 20 m/sVy = - 19.6 m/s

Resultant Vectors

Pythagorean Theorem:= +

Vx

Vy V

Problem Solving

1. Draw a picture and include labels!2. List variables in “x” and “y” directions

SEPERATELY!