Today was a tragically sad day in Honors Physics as Mrs. Coats-Haan decided to not come to school and we missed her dearly in class. However, with a thirst for knowledge we all decided it best to continue with our work in order to learn! Our sub for the day was a very old man, who actually happened to coach Jacob's dad and uncle in basketball when they were kids! He was quite a funny looking man, but despite his funny appearance, there was a sense of sadness in the room as everyone missed Mrs. Coats-Haan.:( Anyways, we were given a packet scanned from a book with a worksheet to complete about Projectile Motion. We learned that a projectile is any object projected by some means and continues in motion under the influence of gravity. We also learned about horizontal and vertical components, and Fast-moving projectiles, like satellites. This worksheet took the majority of the shortened class period and our group for instance finished in time to work on the review packet for a couple minutes. That is about it, it was quite a normal, nothing special day.
Sadly, Mrs. Coats-Haan decided to not trust me and didn't give me a QOD so I will come up with one of my own.
Question - Why will a projectile that moves horizontally at 8 km/s follow a curve that matches the curvature of the earth?
Answer - Because the earth curves 5 meters for every 8000 km, and it takes 1 second for something to fall 5 meters.
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