Centripetal Force
Centripetal Acc. and Veloc.
Pendulum
Vocab
Name that Var and Units
100

Unlike a pendulum, centripetal force depends mainly on an object's? 

What is mass?

100

A runner moving at a speed of 7.3 m/s rounds a bend with a radius of 30 m.  What is the centripetal acceleration of the runner?

What is 1.78 m/s^2?

100

A pendulum has a length of 0.45 m.  Find its period.

What is 1.35 s?

100

The center-directed acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion is?

What is centripetal acceleration?

100

V and Units?

What is Velocity (m/s)?

200

A 15-g rubber stopper is attached to a 0.93-m string.  The stopper is swung in a horizontal circle, making one revolution in 1.19 s.  Find the tension force exerted by the string on the stopper if the velocity of the system is 4.91 m/s.

What is 0.39 N?

200

What is the velocity of a ride that goes in a horizontal circle if the radius of the cord attached to the center is 0.87 m and the period is 1.63 s? 

What is 3.35 m/s?

200

What is the period of a pendulum with a length of 0.003 km?

What is 3.47 s?

200

A single, additional force that is exerted on an object to produce equilibrium, which is the same magnitude as the resultant force but opposite in direction is?

What is equilibrant?

200

M and Units?

What is mass (kg)?

300

A 16-g cork is attached to a 0.45-m string.  The stopper is swung in a horizontal circle, making one revolution in 1.43 s.  What is the tension force exerted by the string on the cork?

What is 0.14 N?

300

What is the velocity of a 13-g rubber stopper that is attached to a 0.2-m string that when swung, makes one revolution in 0.93 s?  

What is 1.35 m/s?

300

What is the length of a pendulum with a period of 1.65 s?

What is 0.68 m?

300

The path of a projectile through space is?

What is trajectory?

300

T and Units?

What is period (s)?

400

A fan rotates at 1000 revolutions per minute.  A piece of gum with mass of 60-g is stuck to a blade 0.5 meters from the center.  What is the force needed to keep the gum on the blade?

What is 0.0042 N?

400

Racing on a flat track, a car going 25 m/s rounds a curve 43-m in radius.  What is the car's centripetal acceleration? 

What is 14.53 m/s?

400

What is the length of a pendulum on a grandfather clock with a period of 2.56 s?

What is 1.63 m?

400

Motion at constant speed around a circle with a fixed radius is?

What is uniform circular motion?

400

G and units?

What is gravity (m/s^2)?

500

A ride at a carnival spins a cart of passengers in a vertical circle making one revolution in 1.01 seconds.  The chain attached to the cart is 0.004 km in length and the cart and passengers together have a mass of around 560 grams.  Calculate the centripetal force of the carnival ride.

What is 86.60 N?

500

What is the centripetal acceleration of a car that rounds a curve going 55 m/s if the curve has a radius of .038 m?

What is 79.61 m/s^2

500

On a planet far away, it has an unknown value of g.  The period of a 0.99 m long pendulum is 2.2 s.  What is g for this planet?

What is 8.07 m/s^2?

500

An object with independent vertical and horizontal motions that moves through the air only under the force of gravity after an initial thrust is?

What is a projectile?

500

Fc and Units?

What is centripetal force (N)?

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