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angular motion

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A grindstone spinning at the rate of 8.3 rev/s has what approximate angular speed?
a)
3.2 rad/s
b)
26 rad/s
c)
52 rad/s
d)
81 rad/s
2.
A 0.12-m-radius grinding wheel takes 5.5 s to speed up from 2.0 rad/s to 11.0 rad/s. What is the wheel's average angular acceleration?
a)
9.6 rad/s/s
b)
4.8 rad/s/s
c)
3.1 rad/s/s
d)
1.6 rad/s/s
3.

Categorize something that is measured in feet/second

a)

Linear Distance

b)

Angular Distance

c)

Linear Speed

d)

Angular Speed

4.

Categorize something that is measured in revolutions

a)

Linear Distance

b)

Angular Distance

c)

Linear Speed

d)

Angular Speed

5.

Categorize something that is measured in radians per second

a)

Linear Distance

b)

Angular Distance

c)

Linear Speed

d)

Angular Speed

6.

Categorize something that is measured in degrees

a)

Linear Distance

b)

Angular Distance

c)

Linear Speed

d)

Angular Speed

7.

Categorize something that is measured in rpm

a)

Linear Distance

b)

Angular Distance

c)

Linear Speed

d)

Angular Speed

8.

In the equation

 s=θr,  θ represents...s=\theta r,\ \ \theta\ represents...  

a)

Angular velocity measured in radians

b)

The central angle measured in degrees

c)

The central angle measured in revolutions

d)

The central angle measured in radians

9.

In the equation

v=ωr, ω represents...v=\omega r,\ \ \omega\ represents...

a)

Angular velocity measured in radians

b)

Angular velocity measured in degrees

c)

Angular velocity measured in revolutions

d)

The central angle measured in radians

10.
A 0.12-m-radius grinding wheel takes 5.5 s to speed up from 2.0 rad/s to 11.0 rad/s. What is the wheel's average angular acceleration?
a)
9.6 rad/s/s
b)
4.8 rad/s/s
c)
3.1 rad/s/s
d)
1.6 rad/s/s
11.
A Ferris wheel starts at rest and builds up to a final angular speed of 0.70 rad/s while rotating through an angular displacement of 4.9 rad. What is its average angular acceleration?
a)
0.01 rad/s/s
b)
0.05 rad/s/s
c)
1.8 rad/s/s
d)
2.6 rad/s/s
12.

Which of these objects has the most rotational inertia?

a)

Left

b)

Middle

c)

Right

13.

 α=ΔωΔt\alpha=\frac{\Delta\omega}{\Delta t}  is called

a)

angular velocity

b)

angular acceleration

c)

rotational inertia 

14.

What is angular velocity

a)

the rate of angular displacement of an object

b)

the resistance of an object to change its current state

c)

the amount of angular motion of an object

15.
A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.025 rad/s2. What is the time interval required for it to reach a 4.2 rad displacement after starting from rest   
a)
1.8 s
b)
2.0 s
c)
16 s
d)
18 s
16.
A Ferris wheel, rotating initially at an angular speed of 0.50 rad/s, accelerates over a 7.0-s interval at a rate of 0.040 rad/s2. What is its angular speed after this 7-s interval?
a)
0.2 rad/s
b)
0.3 rad/s
c)
0.46 rad/s
d)
0.78 rad/s
17.
Which has greater angular speed, a horse near the outside rail of a merry-go-round or a horse near the inside rail?
a)
The inside horse
b)
The outside horse
c)
Neither - they both have the same angular speed
18.

What is the angular speed about the rotational axis of the Earth for a person standing on the surface?

a)

7.3 x 10-5 rad/s

b)

3.6 x 10-5 rad/s

c)

6.28 x 10-5 rad/s

d)

3.14 x 10-5 rad/s

19.

360 degrees in radians is

a)

π\pi

b)

2π2\pi

c)

12π\frac{1}{2\pi}

d)

3.14

20.

2 cars are moving at the speed of 22 m/s over a period of 30 seconds. the radius of the 1st vehicle's tire is .005 m

and the 2nd vehicle's tires are .38 meters. which has a greater angular acceleration?

a)

the 1st car

b)

the 2nd car

21.

Jeep wrangler factory tires have a radius of .215 m and off roading tires have a .43 m radius. If both vehicles have an angular velocity of 150m/s what are the linear speed for each tire?

a)

32 m/s

b)

65 m/s

c)

698 m/s

d)

349 m/s