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Circular Motion Calculations Level 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amy drives around a roundabout of radius 18.0 m. The car takes 5.0 s to drive a semi-circle. What is the frequency of the car?

a)

0.01 Hz

b)

0.1 Hz

c)

1 Hz

d)

5 Hz

2.

Amy drives around a roundabout of radius 18.0 m at 25 ms-1 Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the car.

a)

4.36 ms-2

b)

11.3 ms-2

c)

24.2 ms-2

d)

34.72 ms-2

3.

Amy drives around a roundabout of radius 18.0 m at 25 ms-1. If the total mass of the car is 1250 kg, calculate the centripetal force.

a)

434 N

b)

3000 N

c)

5746.21 N

d)

43402.78 N

4.

A car is doing donuts in the parking lot with a velocity of 7.5 m/s in a radius of 5 m. What is the circular acceleration?

a)

11.25 m/s2

b)

37.5 m/s2

c)

1.5 m/s2

d)

3.333 m/s2

5.
A pilot experiences centripetal acceleration of 2g's while maneuvering a loop at a speed of 400 m/s.  What is the radius of the loop?
a)
203 m
b)
8163 m
c)
80,003 m
d)
23 m
6.

The radius of the moon's orbit about the center of the earth is 3.84 x 108 m. The period of the orbit is 2.36 x 106 s. Calculate the velocity of the moon.

a)

1.02 x 103 m s-1

b)

1.52 x 103 m s-1

c)

2.03 x 103 m s-1

d)

2.54 x 103 m s-1

7.

The radius of the moon's orbit about the center of the earth is 3.84 x 108 m. The period of the orbit is 2.36 x 106 s. The mass of the moon is 7.30 x 10 22 kg. Calculate the size of the centripetal force acting on the Moon in its orbit.

a)

1.324 x 1020 N

b)

2.234 x 1019 N

c)

2.234 x 1020 N

d)

3.21 x 1019 N

8.

Ewan uses 985.4 N of centripetal force to circle the "hammer". He circles it five times in 8 seconds with a radius of 0.75 m. Calculate the hammers velocity.

a)

7.54 ms-1

b)

0.59 ms-1

c)

0.94 ms-1

d)

3.76 ms-1

9.

Ewan uses 985.4 N of centripetal force to circle the "hammer". He circles it five times in 8 seconds with a radius of 0.75 m. Calculate the hammers mass.

a)

13 kg

b)

24 kg

c)

17 kg

d)

5 kg

10.

The 450 kg car takes 3.6 seconds to go three times around the roundabout with a radius of 6 m. Calculate the centripetal force acting on the car.

a)

1309 N

b)

35000 N

c)

358271 N

d)

74022 N