IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (SENIOR HIGH)

JL. LETJEN SUTOYO

PONTIANAK

PHYSICS WORKSHEET:
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CIRCULAR MOTION
Class

: X

Score

Gravitational acceleration = 10 m/s2.

A. TRUE/FALSE

Instruction: Cross the incorrect statement (TRUE/FALSE). Then, write down your reason using concepts of
circular motion.

1. Assume that the Earths shape is perfect ball and it rotates on its axis, the angular speed of a person who lives
in Seoul would be same with angular speed of a person who lives in Pontianak. (TRUE/FALSE)

2. Centripetal acceleration is always perpendicular to the linear velocity of the object in circular motion.
(TRUE/FALSE)

3. An object that is moving in circle would always have centripetal and angular acceleration. (TRUE/FALSE)

4. Suppose you are driving a car from Rumah Gubernur Kal-Bar, and you want to go to Mega Mall. Therefore,
you have to make a turn in Bundaran UNTAN. If you drive the car in constant speed all the way to the mall,
then you would not have any acceleration during this short trip. (TRUE/FALSE)

5. It is possible for a motorcycle to move in a circular path in such a way that it has centripetal force but no
angular acceleration. (TRUE/FALSE)

6. If two gears that rotate together have the same axis of rotation, then they would always have the same linear
speed. (TRUE/FALSE)

B. ESSAY
Instruction: Write down your answer in the space provided.
1. Convert the following:
a. 500 rpm =

rad/s

b. 3 rad =

c. 700o =

rad

2. Figure below shows a Ferris wheel that makes 9 rotations in 5 minutes. It carries each car around a circle of
radius 20 m. Calculate:
a. the frequency of Ferris wheel
b. the period of motion of Ferris wheel
c. the angular speed of the Ferris wheel (in rad/s)
d. the linear speed of the a car in that Ferris wheel

3. A 1500-kg aircraft in the display team make a turn in a horizontal circle of radius 500 m. It is travelling at a
speed of 100 m/s. Calculate:
a. its angular velocity
b. its centripetal acceleration
c. its centripetal force

4. A spin-drier tub accelerates from rest to an angular speed of 1000 rpm in 50 seconds. Calculate:
a. its angular acceleration

b. its tangential acceleration

c. its centripetal acceleration

d. the angle which it turns through

5. Two blocks, each with mass of 200 grams, are connected to each other and to a central post by cords as
shown in figure below. They rotate about the post at a frequency of 400 Hz on a frictionless horizontal
surface at distance of r1 = 0.5 m and r2 = 2 m from the post. Calculate:
a. angular speed of m1 (in rad/s)
b. linear speed of m2 (in m/s)
c. angular speed of m2 (in rad/s)
d. linear speed of m2 (in m/s)

6. Suppose that 2000-kg car passes over a bump in a roadway that follows the arc of a circle of radius 40 m as
shown in Figure below.

a. If the car has a speed of 20.0 m/s, what is the force exerted by the road on the car as the car passes
through the highest point of the bump?

b. What is the maximum speed the car can have without losing contact with the road as it passes this
highest point?

7. Look at the following figure. It is known that radius of gear C is 5 times radius of gear A. If radius of A is 10
cm, and gear A rotates with constant angular speed of 3 rad/s, calculate:
a. linear speed of A

b. angular speed of C

8. At what maximum speed can a car negotiate a 50.0-meter radius turn on a wet-level road with coefficient of
static friction 0.250 without sliding out of control?