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CIRCULAR MOTION

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the net force when the rollercoaster is at the top of the loop?

a)

Towards the sky

b)

Towards the left

c)

Towards the Right

d)

Towards the ground

2.

Which represents the acceleration of the ball?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Which represents the speed of the bowling ball?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

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

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Right

d)

Left

5.

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

a)

outwards

b)

towards the center

c)

tangent

d)

faster

6.

Which statement is true about an object that is traveling in uniform circular motion?

a)

The speed of the object varies.

b)

The net force on the object is directed toward the center of the circular path.

c)

The direction of the object's velocity is constant.

d)

The net force on the object is directed away from the center of the circular path.

7.

When an object experiences a uniform circular motion, which statement below describe the direction of the acceleration?

a)

same direction as the velocity

b)

opposite direction of the velocity

c)

direction toward the center of the circular path

d)

directed away from the center of the circular path

8.

A particle is moving in a horizontal circle with uniform speed. Which of the following statement is true about its linear velocity, angular velocity, energy and linear momentum?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

A particle moves with constant speed in a horizontal circle. Which of the following quantities is zero?

a)

angular velocity

b)

angular acceleration

c)

centripetal acceleration

d)

resultant force

10.

An aircraft travels at a constant speed in a horizontal circle with center Q. Each diagram shows the tail view of the aircraft. The dotted line represents the wings and the circle represents the centre of gravity of the aircraft. Which diagram shows correctly the force acting on the aircraft?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

A body performs circular motion with a constant speed. Which of the following quantities will change due to the motion?

a)

centripetal force

b)

period per complete revolution

c)

magnitude of angular velocity

d)

radius of circulation

12.

Figure shows a conical pendulum in circularmotion. What is the direction of the centripetal force?

a)

towards the center of the circle

b)

tangential to the circle

c)

along the string

d)

along the resultant of the T and the weight mg

13.

A body traveling in a circular path at a constant speed

a)

has an outward acceleration

b)

has an inward acceleration.

c)

has a constant velocity.

d)

is not accelerated.

14.

An object moving in a circle at a constant speed is

a)

accelerating in the direction of motion.

b)

accelerating toward the centre of the circle.

c)

accelerating away from the centre of the circle

d)

not accelerating because its speed is constant

15.

For a point on a spinning disc in uniform circular motion, which one of the followings is not constant?

a)

Its speed

b)

Its centripetal acceleration

c)

Its period of motion

d)

Magnitude of its velocity

16.

Consider a child who is swinging. As she reaches the lowest point in her swing

a)

the tension in the rope is equal to her weight.

b)

the tension in the rope is equal to her mass times her acceleration

c)

her acceleration is downward at 9.81 ms29.81\ ms^{-2}

d)

none of the answers.

17.

A body performs circular motion with a constant speed. Which one of the following quantities will change due to the motion?

a)

Centripetal acceleration

b)

Magnitude of angular velocity

c)

Period per complete revolution

d)

Radius of revolution