Uniform Circular Motion Calculations

Centripetal acceleration always points

• in the direction of the object's motion
• in the opposite direction of the object's motion
• towards the center of the circle
• towards the outside of the circle

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Bruno the bat flies at a speed of 0.5 m/s in circle of radius 1 m. What is his acceleration?

• 0.25 ms^-2
• 0.5 ms^-2
• 1 ms^-2
• 2 ms^-2

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

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

• up
• right
• down
• left

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

• outwards
• towards the center
• tangent
• faster

You swing a bucket of water attached to a string in a circle above your head. What keeps the water in the bucket?

• Friction
• Centripetal Force
• Gravity
• Inertia

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Centrifugal force is a ______

• force that pushes you to the outside of a circle during uniform circular motion.
• fictitious force that is really just the linear momentum of an object in uniform circular motion.  
• The force that keeps the planets in orbit

What's the centripetal acceleration of an object traveling 2.3 m/s around a circle of diameter 0.6 m?

• 5 m/s²

• 17.63 m/s²

• 10 m/s²

• 8.81 m/s²

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Calculate the velocity of an object moved around a circle with a radius of 1.65 m and an acceleration of 3.5 m/s².

• 2.4 m/s
• 3.6 m/s
• 3.9 m/s
• 4.2 m/s

A bicycle has a period of 0.3s . What is the

speed of its tires if their radius is 30 cm?

• 6 m/s

• 3 m/s

• 60 m/s

• 30 m/s

The drum of a washing machine rotates 1800 times in 3 minutes. What is the period?

• 0.1 s

• 0.2 s

• 0.3 s

• 0.5 s