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Unit 5: Non-Linear Motion

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The path of a projectile through the air is called its _?_

(a)  

2.

The shape of a projectile's path through the air is best described as a(n) _?_

(a)  

3.

Any object thrown or put into the air is called a(n) _?_.

(a)  

4.

If an object is in uniform circular motion it is traveling in a _?_ path with a constant _?_.

(a)  

5.

A pendulum or a weight on a spring are examples of _?_ _?_ _?_. (3 words)

(a)  

6.

According to Kepler's first law of motion, the planet's orbits are in the shape of a(n) _?_ with the sun at a _?_.

(a)  

7.

According to Kepler's 2nd law of motion, an imaginary line between the sun and a planet will sweep through equal _?_ in equal periods of _?_.

(a)  

8.

According to Kepler's 3rd law the ratio of the planet's periods _?_ to the radius _?_ is a constant.

(a)  

9.

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation says that the force of gravity is _?_ proportional to the product of the masses and _?_ proportional to the square of the distance between them.

(a)  

10.
Who created the detailed model of the geocentric solar system?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Brahe
d)
Kepler
e)
Newton
11.
Who created the detailed model of the heliocentric solar system featuring circular orbits for the planets?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Brahe
d)
Kepler
e)
Newton
12.
Who wrote the three laws of planetary motion?
a)
Kepler
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Brahe
e)
Newton
13.
Who explained that the same force that causes things to fall on Earth is also responsible for the centripetal force holding the moon and planets in orbit?
a)
Newton
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Brahe
e)
Kepler
14.
Who cataloged years of precise measurements of the planets' positions in the sky that were used to form the three laws of planetary motion?
a)
Brahe
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
e)
Newton
15.

A projectile is fired horizontally at 44 m/s. How far will the projectile have moved horizontally after it falls 0.77 m vertically?

a)

17.4 meters

b)

1.54 meters

c)

0.396 meters

d)

15.4 meters

16.

A person throws a rock horizontally from a cliff that is 21 m above a river. The rock lands out in the river 37 m from the base of the cliff. How fast was the rock thrown?

a)

17.8 m/s

b)

4.28 m/s

c)

2.07 m/s

d)

76.60 m/s

17.

A projectile is launched at 750 m/s at an angle of 34°. How long will the projectile be in the air?

a)

85.6 seconds

b)

63.4 seconds

c)

42.8 seconds

d)

126.9 seconds

18.

A golf ball is launched at 55.4 m/s at an angle of 37° above the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance due to drag and spin, how far will the ball go?

a)

301.05 meters

b)

2.7 meters

c)

150.5 meters

d)

5.4 meters

19.

 A 0.25 kg mass is rotated around in a circular path using 0.85 m of string. If the mass rotates once in 0.67 s, what is the centripetal acceleration?

a)

74.8 m/s^2

b)

50.0 m/s^2

c)

23.8 m/s^2

d)

15.9 m/s^2

20.

In the Olympics, a hammer is a 7.26 kg weight that is spun around a circular path of radius 1.63 m. If a person spins with a period of 0.96 seconds per revolution, what is the centripetal force?

a)

506.9 N

b)

69.8 N

c)

22.3 N

d)

161.4 N

21.

A person is sitting on a merry-go-round horse. The carousel has a radius of 5.85 m and the merry-go-round is spinning at 2.4 revolutions per minute. Calculate the centripetal force on a 43 kg child.

a)

15.88 N

b)

5.06 N

c)

5.7E4 N

d)

397.23 N

22.

The Earth is 1.50 × 10¹¹ m from the Sun and orbits in 1.00 year. Mars is 2.30 × 10¹¹ m from the Sun. How long does it take to orbit?

a)

1.9 years

b)

1.5 years

c)

2.5 years

d)

2.89 years

23.

A geosynchronous satellite is 4.3 × 10⁷ m from the Earth and has a mass of 457 kg. What is the force of gravity acting on this mass?

a)

98.42 N

b)

3.29 N

c)

14.8 N

d)

76.9 N