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Uniform Circular Motion Date :

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

a) outwards b) towards the center
c) tangent d) faster

2. Centripetal acceleration always points

a) in the direction of the object's b) in the opposite direction of the

motion object's motion

c) towards the center of d) towards the outside of

the circle the circle

3. What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

a) Law of Universal Gravitation b) Newton's First Law of Motion

c) My mother d) Inertia & gravity

4. Centrifugal force is a ______

a) force that pushes you to the b) fictitious force that is really
outside of a circle during just the linear momentum of

uniform circular motion. an object in uniform circular

motion.
c) The force that keeps the
planets in orbit
5. Bruno the bat flies at a speed of 0.5 m/s in circle of radius 1 m. What is his acceleration?

-2 -2
a) 0.25 ms b) 0.5 ms
-2 -2
c) 1 ms d) 2 ms

6. Which of the following is the unit for centripetal force?

2
a) J b) m/s

kg⋅m/s
c) d) N
7. Centripetal acceleration is the acceleration…

a) Away from the center of the b) When an object is going

circle straight
c) Toward the center of a circle d) That doesn’t exist

8. Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

a) mass and distance b) mass and matter

c) distance and weight d) weight and mass

9. As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity

a) Increases b) Decreases

c) Stays the same

10. A planet's orbit around thee Sun has an eccentricity close to zero. What shape would this orbit be?

a) Circular b) Elongated

c) Square d) Triangular

11. What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

a) Friction b) Gravity

c) Momentum d) Velocity
12. According to Kepler's laws, which of the following statements is true?

a) Planets orbit at constant b) Planets move faster when

velocity they are closer to the Sun and
slower when they are farther
away
c) Planets move slower when d) All points on the path of the
they are closer to the Sun and planet's orbit are equidistant
faster when they are farther from the Sun
away

13. When do planets move the fastest?

a) Close to the sun b) Far away from the sun

14. Two objects exert a gravitational force of 3 N on one another when they are 10 m
apart. What would that force be if the distance between the two objects were reduced
to 5 m?
a) 1.5 N b) 6N

c) 12 N d) 24 N

15. Two objects exert a gravitational force on 8 N on one another. What would that force
be if the mass of BOTH objects were doubled?
a) 2N b) 4N

c) 16 N d) 32 N

16. Earth travels fastest in January and slowest in July. What is the most likely explanation
for this?
a) Earth is nearest the b) Earth is nearest the
Sun in July and farthest Sun in January and
away in January. farthest away in July.

c) Earth is nearest the d) Earth is nearest the

Sun in April and Sun in October and
farthest away in farthest away in April.
October.
17. Two cars are traveling at the same constant speed. Car A is moving along a straight
section of road, while Car B is rounding a circular turn. Which statement is true about
the acceleration of the cars?
a) The acceleration of b) Car A is accelerating.
both cars is zero.

c) Car B is accelerating. d) Both cars are

accelerating.

18. Which of these is the same everywhere?

a) G b) g

c) Fg d) weight

19. If an object doubles its velocity, the required centripetal force is multiplied by …

a) 2 b) 4

c) 1/2 d) 1/4

20. What is the speed of a 15 kg mass that completes each rotation of a 25 m diameter circle in 30 seconds?

a) 1.34 m/s b) 3.19 m/s

c) 2.62 m/s d) 1.76 m/s

21. Which of the following is a fictional force that pushes outward as something moves in a circle?
a) Centripetal Force b) Gravitational Force
c) Centrifugal Force d) Normal Force

22. Who is credited for calculating the value of G (the universal gravitational constant)

a) Newton b) Einstein

c) Cavendish d) Kepler

23. Which of the following terms means "center seeking"?

a) centrifugal b) centrifuge
c) centripetal d) centenarian

24. ___________ discovered/created the Law of Universal Gravitation.

a) Einstein b) Cavendish

c) Kepler d) Newton
25. What did Tycho Brahe contribute to our understanding of planetary motion?
a) He figured out gravity. b) He collected data about
the night sky.

c) He determined that d) He thought that gravity

planets travel in ellipses is a change in space-
around the sun. time.
Answer Key
1. c
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. b
10. a
11. b
12. b
13. a
14. c
15. d
16. b
17. c
18. a
19. b
20. c
21. c
22. c
23. c
24. d
25. b