Uniform Circular Motion

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

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What is the direction of the velocity at point B, if the ball is revolving clockwise?

• up
• right
• down
• left

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

• outwards
• towards the center
• tangent
• faster

You swing a bucket of water attached to a string in a circle above your head. What keeps the water in the bucket?

• Friction
• Centripetal Force
• Gravity
• Inertia

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If the radius of the string is .3 meters long and the stopper makes 5 revolutions per second, what is the speed of the stopper? (Hint: C=2πr)

• 9.4 m/s
• 6.8 m/s
• 11.7 m/s
• 3.5 m/s

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

A bicycle has a period of 0.3s . What is the

speed of its tires if their radius is 30 cm?

• 6 m/s

• 3 m/s

• 60 m/s

• 30 m/s

The drum of a washing machine rotates 1800 times in 3 minutes. What is the period?

• 0.1 s

• 0.2 s

• 0.3 s

• 0.5 s

Which of the following is the unit for centripetal force?

• J
• m/s²
• kg⋅m/s
• N

A 10kg car travels at a constant speed of 20.0 m/s around a horizontal circular track. Which diagram correctly represent the direction of the car's velocity (v) and the direction of the centripetal force (Fc) acting on the car at a particular moment?

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