Uniform Circular Motion

The velocity is always _____ to the line of a circle. 

• outwards
• towards the center
• tangent
• faster

Centripetal acceleration always points

• in the direction of the object's motion
• in the opposite direction of the object's motion
• towards the center of the circle
• towards the outside of the circle

What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton's First Law of Motion
• My mother
• Inertia & gravity

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Centrifugal force is a ______

• force that pushes you to the outside of a circle during uniform circular motion.
• fictitious force that is really just the linear momentum of an object in uniform circular motion.  
• The force that keeps the planets in orbit

Bruno the bat flies at a speed of 0.5 m/s in circle of radius 1 m. What is his acceleration?

• 0.25 ms^-2
• 0.5 ms^-2
• 1 ms^-2
• 2 ms^-2

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Which of the following is the unit for centripetal force?

• J
• m/s²
• kg⋅m/s
• N

Centripetal acceleration is the acceleration…

• Away from the center of the circle
• When an object is going straight
• Toward the center of a circle
• That doesn’t exist

Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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A planet's orbit around thee Sun has an eccentricity close to zero. What shape would this orbit be?

• Circular
• Elongated
• Square
• Triangular

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