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Circular Motion Hot Seat
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1. The centripetal force on a car rounding a curve on a level road is
provided by
a) gravityb) friction
c) the engined) the car’s brakes
e) normal force
2. On a “banked” turn, what is providing the centripetal force
on a car?
a) friction and tension
b) friction and gravity
c) friction and normal force
d) friction only
3. The moon’s mass is only 1.2% of the earth’s mass. Relative to the gravitational force the earth exerts on the moon, the gravitational force
the moon exerts on the earth is
a) smallerb) the samec) greater
d) depends on whether the moon is made of cheese or not
4. The moon’s mass is only 1.2% of the earth’s mass. The
gravitational acceleration the earth experiences compared to the
gravitational acceleration the moon experiences is
a) smaller
b) the same
c) greater
5. A bucket on a water wheel with a radius of 2.5 m makes one
complete revolution in 4.2 seconds. How fast is the bucket moving?
a)7.48 m/s
b)3.7 m/s
c)2.6 m/s
d)1.87 m/s
v = d/t
d = Circumference = 2πr
v = 2π(2.5)/4.2
v = 3.7 m/s
6. A 0.5 kg ball moves in a circle 40 cm in radius at a speed
of 4.0 m/s. Its centripetal acceleration is
a) 10 m/s2
b) 20 m/s2
c) 30 m/s2
d) 40 m/s2
F = mv2/r
ma = mv2/r
a = v2/r
a = 42/.4
a = 40 m/s2
7. If the mass of Sputnik was doubled, by what factor would the force change if it was to remain in
the same circular orbit?
a) two times greater
b) four times greater
c) half as much
d) one-fourth as much
e) no change
8. Two small masses that are 10 cm apart attract each other with a
force of 10 N. When they are 5 cm apart, with what force will they
attract each other? (G = 6.67 10-11 Nm2/kg2)
a) 5 N
b) 2.5 N
c) 20 N
d) 40 N
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9. An object moves in a circular path. If the radius is doubled while keeping the tangential speed the same, then the centripetal force
must be:a) two times more
b) half as muchc) four times more
d) one-fourth as muche) the same
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10. A planet of mass 3 1028 kg is in orbit around a star with mass 3 1030kg. The radius of
the orbit is 1.5 1010m. The speed of the planet in orbit is
a) 6.03 1048 m/sb) 1.15 1012 m/sc) 1.15 104 m/sd) 1.16 105 m/s
11. The speed of the planet from the previous question is 1.16 105 m/s. What is the period of the planet’s orbit?
a)8.12 105 sb)4.21 106 sc)3.23 103 sd)2.74 103 s
12. The radius of the path of an object in constant circular motion is doubled. The
centripetal force needed if its period remains the same is
a) half as great as it was beforeb) the same as before
c) twice as great as befored) four times as great as before
13. Consider a roller coaster doing a loop. What provides the
centripetal force?
a) Friction
b) Normal force
c) Tension
d) Gravity
14. Consider a roller coaster at the top of a loop. What provides the
centripetal force?
a) Friction and Gravity
b) Normal force and Friction
c) Tension and Normal Force
d) Gravity and Normal Force
e) Centripetal Force and Gravity