AP Physics Review Rotation

Which has more rotational inertia? (consider all objects have equal radius)

• Hollow sphere
• solid sphere
• disk
• cylinder

Which has greater linear speed, a horse near the outside rail of a merry-go-round or a horse near the inside rail?

• the inside horse
• the outside horse
• Neither

Which travels faster?

• A rotating ball
• a non rotating ball
• a honey badger

Suppose you are rotating in a chair with 2 equal masses held in each outstretched hand and you drop them. What happens to your angular velocity?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stays the same

• Is lost

The figure shows scale drawings of four objects, each of the same mass and uniform thickness, with the mass distributed uniformly. Which one has the greatest moment of inertia when rotated about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the drawing at point P?

• A
• B
• C
• rotational inertiaD

A solid sphere, solid cylinder, and a hollow pipe all have equal masses and radii. If the three of them are released simultaneously at the top of an inclined plane and do not slip, which one will reach the bottom first?

• cylinder
• pipe
• sphere
• They all reach the bottom at the same time.

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A person sits on a freely spinning lab stool that has no friction in its axle. When this person extends her arms,

• her moment of inertia increases and her angular speed decreases.
• her moment of inertia decreases and her angular speed increases.
• her moment of inertia increases and her angular speed increases.
• her moment of inertia increases and her angular speed remains the same.

Suppose you are designing an engineless car for a downhill coasting race. What type of wheels would be the best?

• Solid disks.

• Hoops.

• Hollow cylinders.

• Diamond encrusted triangles.

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In order to do a lot of flips an Olympic diver would want:

• A high rotational inertia
• A low rotational inertia
• A low linear acceleration
• A low angular velocity

What happens to his rotational inertia when a figure skater brings in his arms?

• Increase his rotational inertia
• Decrease his rotational inertia
• has no affect