Uniform Circular Motion
Mathematics of Circular Motion
Gravity
Satellite Motion
100

This is time it takes for an object to go around a circle one time. 

What is the period?

100

This is the feature of the circular path the object travels along. 

What is the circumference? 

100

This is the man responsible for coming up with the idea of universal gravitation. 

Who is Isaac Newton? 

100

Since satellites are only influenced by gravity, they are in this state. 

What is free fall?

200

This is the direction of the velocity at any point along a circular path. 

What is tangent? 

200
This is the period of an object that makes 50 revolutions in 25 seconds. 

What is 0.5 seconds?

200

The force of gravity is directly proportional to this value. 

What is the mass of either object?

200

Satellites fall toward the earth at the same rate that this occurs. 

What is the earth curving?

300

This is the direction of the acceleration of an object moving in a circle?

What is inward/toward the center of the circle?

300

For an object being twirled in a vertical circle on a string, these are the forces that act as the centripetal force when the object is at the top of the circle. 

What are tension and gravity? 

300

The force of gravity is inversely related to the square of this value. 

What is the distance between the two objects?

300

This is the shape of the orbit in which the satellite travels at a constant speed at a constant distance from the massive body. 

What is circular?

400

This is the definition of uniform circular motion.

What is when an object moves in a circle at a constant speed?

400

This is the net force of a 5kg object moving at 7m/s in a circle that has a radius of 10m. 

What is 24.5N?

400

This is the value of constant G.

What is 6.67x10-11?

400

Work is done by gravity to cause an exchange of KE and PE in this kind of orbit. 

What is elliptical orbit?

500

This is the force or combination of forces that causes an object to move in a circle.

What is centripetal force?

500

For a roller coaster at the bottom of a loop, this is the equation that relates net force, normal force, and force of gravity. 

What is Fnet=Fnorm-Fgrav?

500

This is what happens to the force of gravity when the masses of each object double and the distance between the object doubles. 

What is nothing/stays the same?

500

When a satellite is furthest from the massive body it orbits, this is highest and this is lowest. 

What are PE (highest) and KE (lowest)? 

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