Centripetal Acceleration

Question 1

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentence.

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A object spins around its own axis, while a object moves around another object.: rotating; A object spins around its own axis, while a object moves around another object.: revolving

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentence.

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✔ rotating; A object spins around its own axis, while a object moves around another object.: rotating; A object spins around its own axis, while a object moves around another object.: revolving

Question 3

rotating✔ revolving

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✔ revolving

Question 4

Fill in the blanks to correctly complete the statement.

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tangent; tangential

Question 5

Question 5

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tangential

Question 6

Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2 seconds. What is Sasha’s tangential speed?

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2.7 m/s

Question 7

A seat on a Ferris wheel moves at a constant tangential speed around the wheel. If the seat is 7 m from the center of the wheel and has a tangential speed of 0.5 m/s, what centripetal acceleration does the seat experience?

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0.04 m/s2

Question 8

25✔ 5379

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✔ 53

Question 9

A roller coaster car travels through a loop in 3.1 s with a centripetal acceleration of 26 m/s2. What is the radius of the roller coaster loop?

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6.3 m

Question 10

Which of these objects is experiencing centripetal acceleration?

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