Circular Motion
Inclined Planes
Force Balancing
Circular Motion 2
Reference Table
100

Centripetal force points in this direction.

What is toward the center?

100

On an incline, normal force points in this direction.

What is perpendicular to the surface?

100

For an body in orbit, this is the name of the centripetal force.

What is gravity?

100

When an object moves in a circle, velocity points in this direction.

What is tangent to the circle?

100

This is the value of Planck's constant.

What is 6.63x10-34J*s?

200

A car completes a lap around a circular track of radius 1,000m in 23 seconds. This is it's velocity.

What is 273.18m/s?

200

These are the components of weight on a 33kg block on an incline of 14.5o.

What are 80.97N and 313.1N?

200

A 3kg object sits on an incline of 37o without moving. This is the normal force.

What is 23.48N?

200

If you triple velocity, centripetal force changes by a factor of this.

What is 9?

200

These are the two groups into which hadrons are divided.

What are baryons and mesons?

300

For a 5kg object moving at 3m/s in a circle of radius 10m, this is the centripetal force.

What is 4.5N?
300

A 5kg object is sits on an incline of 43o without moving. This is the force of friction experience by the object.

What is 33.42N?

300

A block on a carousel is moving at a velocity of 4m/s when it starts to slide. It is moving in a circle of radius 10m. This is the coefficient of static friction between the block and the floor.

What is 0.16?

300

This is the centripetal acceleration experienced by an astronaut in near Earth orbit.

What is 9.8m/s2?

300

These are the three types of quark that have a charge of -1/3e.

What are down, strange, and bottom?

400

A 5kg object experiences a centripetal force of 10N. This is the centripetal acceleration.

What is 2m/s2?

400

A 3kg block on a frictionless incline of 15o is pushed up the incline with a force of 10N. This is the net force on the block.

What is 2.39N up the block?

400

This is the velocity at which the moon orbits the Earth.

What is 1,019m/s?

400

An 5 kg object moving in a circle of radius 3m experiences a centripetal force of 4N. This is the object's velocity.

What is 1.55m/s?

400

These are the highest and lowest frequencies of visible light.

What are 7.69x1014Hz and 3.84x1014Hz.

500

An object moves around a circle of radius 10m at 15m/s. It experiences a centripetal force of 12N. This is its mass.

What is 0.53kg?

500

A 10kg copper block is placed on a steel incline of 43o. Does the block slide down the incline?

What is yes?

500

A body is orbiting the Earth at a velocity of 6,500m/s. This is the altitude of the body above the Earth.

What is 3.08x106m?

500

A 15kg object moves in a circle at 15m/s and experiences a centripetal force of 3N. This is the radius of the circle.

What is 1,125m?

500

This is the ground state energy level of a mercury atom.

What is -10.38eV?