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Circular Motion Practice Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which has greater linear speed, a horse near the 6. A car travels in a circle with constant speed. The
outside rail of a merry-go-round or a horse near net force on the car
the inside rail? a. is zero because the car is not accelerating.
a. The inside horse b. is directed forward, in the direction of travel.
b. The outside horse c. is directed toward the center of the curve.
c. Neither—they both have the same linear d. none of the above
speed.
7. The centripetal force exerted on stunt
2. What is the direction of the force that acts on motorcyclist Biker Bob while riding on the inner
clothes in the spin cycle of a washing machine? vertical surface of a circular track is
a. Inward a. friction.
b. Down b. his weight.
c. Outward c. the normal force.
d. Up d. none of the above

3. A tin can whirled on the end of a string moves in 8. Earth rotates and revolves through space. Earth
a circle because rotates about the ______ , which is an ______
a. the can continually pulls on the string. axis. Earth revolves about the ______, which is
b. once the can starts moving, that is its natural an _______ axis.
tendency. a. sun, external, North/South pole, internal
c. there is a force on the can pulling it outward. b. North/South pole, external, sun, internal
d. there is an inward force acting on the can. c. sun, internal, North/South pole, external
e. all of the above d. North/South pole, internal, sun, external

4. If you whirl a tin can on the end of a string and 9. A small car is being driven in a circular path at
the string suddenly breaks, the can will constant speed on a horizontal surface. What is
a. fly directly away from you. the direction of the frictional force that keeps
b. fly off, tangent to its circular path. the car from skidding as it travels along this
c. fly directly toward you. path?
d. spiral in toward your hand. a. opposite the direction of the velocity of the
e. spiral away from your hand. car
b. in the same direction as the velocity of the
5. A ladybug rests on the bottom of a tin can that is car
being whirled horizontally on the end of a string. c. toward the center of the circle
Since the ladybug, like the can, moves in a circle, d. outward from the center of the circle
there must be a force on it. What exerts this
force?
a. Gravity
b. The string
c. There is no force acting on it.
d. The can
e. Your hand

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 10. A communication satellite is in a circular orbit 13. Applying a force to an object perpendicular to its
around Earth. If the speed of the satellite is direction of motion will cause the object to
constant, the force acting on the satellite a. change speed but not direction
a. is zero. b. change direction but not speed
b. is decreasing. c. change the magnitude of its acceleration
c. points toward the center of the Earth at all d. not change its speed or direction
times.
d. points in the direction that the satellite is 14. An object moves in a circle with a period of
moving. 0.025 hours. What is its frequency in Hz?
a. 90 Hz
11. A satellite moving in a circular orbit around b. 263 Hz
Earth and maintaining a constant speed will c. 0.1 Hz
experience a d. 0.01 Hz
a. changing gravitational force towards Earth.
b. net gravitational force towards Earth. 15. After closing a deal with a client, Kent leans back
c. changing acceleration away from Earth. in his swivel chair and spins around with a
d. net acceleration away from Earth. frequency of 0.8 Hz. What is the period of
Kent’s spin?
12. Decreasing the mass of an object on a circular a. 0.8 s
path but keeping its velocity and radius constant b. 2 Hz
a. increases the centripetal force on the object c. 1.25 s
b. decreases the centripetal force on the object d. 1 Hz
c. does not affect the centripetal force on the
object
d. depends on the specific situation

Problem

16. A toy airplane at the end of a string 0.8 m long 19. A cement mixer of radius 2.5 m turns with a
moves in a circle on a table. The airplane has a frequency of 0.020 Hz. What is the centripetal
mass of 1.7 kg and the string has a breaking acceleration of a small piece of dried cement
tension of 37 N. Calculate the maximum speed stuck to the inside wall of the mixer?
the cart can attain without breaking the string.
20. Jessica is making a chocolate milkshake in a
17. What is the centripetal acceleration keeping 13 blender. A tiny, 0.0050 kg chocolate chip is
kg mass moving in a circle of radius 0.4 m at a rapidly spun around the inside of hte container
speed of 8 m/s? witha speed of 14 m/s, held by a centripetal force
of 10 N. What is the radius of the blender at this
18. A CD 25 cm in diameter rotates 35 times per location?
minute. Find its
(a) frequency 21. The hour hand of clock is 3 m long.
(b) period (a) Calculate its linear speed at its tip in meters
(c) linear speed of a point on its rim per second.
(d) centripetal acceleration of a point on its rim (b) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the
tip of its hand.

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Circular Motion Practice Quiz

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.2 Rotational Speed

STA: Ph.1.l KEY: linear | sped BLM: comprehension
2. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.3 Centripetal Force
STA: Ph.1.f | Ph.1.g KEY: force | direction
BLM: comprehension
3. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.4 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces
STA: Ph.1.l KEY: force | inward BLM: comprehension
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.4 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces
STA: Ph.1.l KEY: tangent | path BLM: comprehension
5. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.4 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces
STA: Ph.1.l KEY: force | circular BLM: comprehension
6. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.3 Centripetal Force
STA: Ph.1.f | Ph.1.g KEY: weight | Earth
BLM: comprehension
7. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.3 Centripetal Force
STA: Ph.1.f | Ph.1.g KEY: centripetal | circular | normal
BLM: comprehension
8. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 10.1 Rotation and Revolution
KEY: rotation | revolution | axis BLM: application
9. ANS: C PTS: 1
10. ANS: C PTS: 1
11. ANS: B PTS: 1
12. ANS: B PTS: 1
13. ANS: B PTS: 1
14. ANS: D PTS: 1
15. ANS: C PTS: 1

PROBLEM

16. ANS:
4.17 m/s

PTS: 1
17. ANS:
160 m/s2

PTS: 1

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18. ANS:
(a) 0.58 Hz
(b) 1.7 s
(c) 0.46 m/s
(d) 1.7 m/s2

PTS: 1
19. ANS:
0.039 m/s2

PTS: 1
20. ANS:
0.098 m

PTS: 1
21. ANS:
(a) 4.4 x 10^-4 m/s
(b) 6.3 x 10^-8 m/s2

PTS: 1