Please explain the questions below in an easy to understand way and short. (Please don’t give me the formula for the explanation because I don’t understand.)

Question

The link to the projectile experiment (if you need it): https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion

What is the effect of increasing or decreasing the altitude where the experiment takes place? Why?

What happens to the velocity vectors on both the x and y axes as the cannonball moves along its path? Why?

What happens to the acceleration vectors on both the x and y axes as the cannonball moves along its path? Why?

What happens to the force vectors on both the x and y axes as the cannonball moves along its path? Why?

Answer 1

Short version:

Have you gone to the URL and played with the projectile experiment there?

Go to the URL

Try only changing the altitude (height, or distance above sea level)- what do you see happening? Write your observation as the answer to the first question. Why might this be? (think think think and think some more)

The rest of your responses are only for one projectile. Compare vectors as they change along one projectile path.

Extended version:

Observe how the velocity vectors change while the cannonball moves through the air. This is your response to the second question. The 'why' part? (think think think and think some more - if stuck, move on to the next question and come back to it).

Observe how the acceleration vectors, then the force vectors, change as the cannonball moves through the air in it's projectile path. The 'why' part? (think think think and think some more - if stuck, finish a previous question and come back to it).

If REALLY stuck on the why- talk to your peers about it. See what you can all figure out.

If REALLY REALLY stuck - let me know and I will assist. :)