Physics Topic: Projectile Motion

  1. describe and use the concept of weight as the force experienced by a mass in a gravitational field

  2. describe and explain motion due to a uniform velocity in one direction and a uniform acceleration in a perpendicular direction

  3. derive, from the definition of work done by a force, the equation ∆Ep = mg∆h for gravitational potential energy changes in a uniform gravitational field (e.g. near the Earth’s surface)

  4. recall and use the equation ∆Ep = mg∆h to solve problems

  5. describe qualitatively, with reference to forces and energy, the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field with air resistance, including the phenomenon of terminal velocity