Question 1

What is the centripetal force?

Accepted Answer

The force that acts towards the center of a circular path.

Answer

The force that acts perpendicular to the circular path.

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The force that acts parallel to the circular path.

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The force that acts away from the center of a circular path.

Question 2

A car is moving in a circular path with a constant speed. Which of the following statements about its acceleration is correct?

Accepted Answer

The car has a non-zero acceleration because its direction is changing.

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The car has zero acceleration because it is in motion.

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The car has a non-zero acceleration because its speed is changing.

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The car has zero acceleration because its speed is constant.

Question 3

What is the relationship between the period and frequency of an object in circular motion?

Accepted Answer

The period is the reciprocal of the frequency.

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The period is the square of the frequency.

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The period is equal to the frequency.

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The period is double the frequency.

Question 4

A satellite is orbiting the Earth in a circular path. What happens to its speed if the radius of its orbit is doubled?

Accepted Answer

The speed of the satellite decreases by half.

Answer

The speed of the satellite remains the same.

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The speed of the satellite increases by half.

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The speed of the satellite doubles.

Question 5

In circular motion, what is the relationship between the radius of the circle, angular velocity, and linear velocity?

Accepted Answer

Linear velocity is equal to the product of the radius and angular velocity.

Answer

Linear velocity is equal to the sum of the radius and angular velocity.

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Linear velocity is equal to the square of the radius multiplied by angular velocity.

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Linear velocity is equal to the difference between the radius and angular velocity.

Question 6

A stone is tied to a string and spun around in a horizontal circle. What happens to the tension in the string if the speed of the stone is doubled?

Accepted Answer

The tension in the string quadruples.

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The tension in the string halves.

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The tension in the string doubles.

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The tension in the string remains the same.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about centripetal acceleration in circular motion?

Accepted Answer

Centripetal acceleration is always directed towards the center of the circular path.

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Centripetal acceleration is always directed perpendicular to the circular path.

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Centripetal acceleration is always directed parallel to the circular path.

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Centripetal acceleration is always directed away from the center of the circular path.

Question 8

A car is traveling in a circular path with a constant speed. Which of the following statements about its velocity is correct?

Accepted Answer

The car's velocity is constantly changing due to the change in direction.

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The car's velocity is changing because its speed is changing.

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The car's velocity is constant because its speed is constant.

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The car's velocity is constant because it is moving in a circular path.

Question 9

Two objects are moving in circular paths with different radii. Which of the following statements about their centripetal acceleration is correct?

Accepted Answer

The object with the smaller radius will have a greater centripetal acceleration.

Answer

The object with the smaller radius will have a smaller centripetal acceleration.

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The centripetal acceleration is the same for both objects, regardless of their radii.

Answer

The object with the larger radius will have a greater centripetal acceleration.

Question 10

A ball is attached to a string and swung around in a vertical circle. What happens to the tension in the string when the ball is at the highest point of its path?

Accepted Answer

The tension in the string is at its minimum.

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The tension in the string is at its maximum.

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The tension in the string fluctuates.

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The tension in the string remains the same.

Question 11

A particle of mass 2 kg moves around a circle of radius 3 m with uniform speed. If the particle completes one revolution in 4 seconds, what is the acceleration of the particle?

Accepted Answer

3.53 m/s²

Answer

10.53 m/s²

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0.53 m/s²

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5.53 m/s²

Question 12

A car is traveling in a circular path with a radius of 100 meters. If the car completes one revolution every 20 seconds, what is the speed of the car?

Accepted Answer

31.4 m/s

Answer

50 m/s

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15.7 m/s

Answer

5.7 m/s

Question 13

A satellite of mass 500 kg is in circular orbit around a planet with a radius of 10,000 km. If the satellite completes one orbit in 20 hours, what is the gravitational force acting on the satellite?

Accepted Answer

3.14 x 10^9 N

Answer

9.42 x 10^9 N

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1.57 x 10^9 N

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6.28 x 10^9 N

Question 14

A particle of mass 0.1 kg is attached to a string of length 2 m and is moving in a vertical circle. If the tension in the string at the bottommost point is 5 N, what is the speed of the particle at the bottommost point?

Accepted Answer

7.9 m/s

Answer

9.8 m/s

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2.5 m/s

Answer

4.2 m/s

Question 15

A roller coaster travels around a circular track with a radius of 50 meters. If the roller coaster completes one revolution in 30 seconds, what is the centripetal acceleration of the roller coaster?

Accepted Answer

10.47 m/s²

Answer

2.09 m/s²

Answer

15.71 m/s²

Answer

5.24 m/s²

Question 16

A stone is tied to a string of length 2 meters and is swung around in a horizontal circle. If the tension in the string at the maximum height is 10 N, what is the speed of the stone at the highest point of the circle?

Accepted Answer

6.26 m/s

Answer

9.42 m/s

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3.13 m/s

Answer

12.52 m/s

Question 17

A car of mass 1000 kg is moving in a circular path with a radius of 50 meters. If the car experiences a centripetal force of 5000 N, what is the car's speed?

Accepted Answer

31.6 m/s

Answer

79.0 m/s

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158.0 m/s

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10.5 m/s

Question 18

A satellite of mass 200 kg is in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of 500 km. If the radius of the Earth is 6,371 km, what is the gravitational force acting on the satellite?

Accepted Answer

1.19 x 10^6 N

Answer

7.96 x 10^5 N

Answer

5.95 x 10^6 N

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3.98 x 10^5 N

Question 19

A stone is tied to a string and is spun around in a horizontal circle. If the tension in the string at the lowest point is 20 N and the speed of the stone is 10 m/s, what is the radius of the circle?

Accepted Answer

10 m

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5 m

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20 m

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15 m

Question 20

A cyclist is moving around a circular track with a radius of 50 meters. If the cyclist completes one revolution in 2 minutes, what is the angular velocity of the cyclist in radians per second?

Accepted Answer

0.523 rad/s

Answer

2.094 rad/s

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0.262 rad/s

Answer

1.047 rad/s

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