Vertical Circular Motion

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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moving or tending to move toward a center...

• centripetal force

• centrifugal force

• Tangent

• Curvature

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the process or act of turning or circling around something

• Curvature

• Rotation

• Radius

• Orbit

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In vertical circular motion, what is the minimum speed required at the top of the circle to maintain the motion?

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Which force is responsible for keeping an object in vertical circular motion at the top of the path?

• Gravitational force

• Centripetal force

• Centrifugal force

• Frictional force

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What happens to the tension in the string of a pendulum at the lowest point in vertical circular motion?

• It is zero

• It is equal to the weight of the object

• It is maximum

• It is minimum

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In vertical circular motion, what is the direction of the net force at the top of the circle?

• Upward

• Downward

• Towards the center

• Away from the center

How does the speed of an object in vertical circular motion change as it moves from the top to the bottom of the circle?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Remains constant

• Oscillates

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What is the role of gravitational force in vertical circular motion?

• It acts as the centripetal force

• It acts as the centrifugal force

• It acts as the tangential force

• It acts as the normal force

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Which of the following is a real-world example of vertical circular motion?

• A car moving on a straight road

• A satellite orbiting Earth

• A roller coaster loop

• A pendulum at rest

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