Uniform Circular Motion
Mathematics of Circular Motion
Gravity
Kepler's Laws
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

According to Kepler's first law, this is the shape of the path the planets make around the sun. 

What is an ellipse? 

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

 Which is stronger, Earth's pull on the Moon, or the Moon's pull on the Earth?

a - Earth's pull harder

b - moon harder on the Earth

c- pull on each other equally

c

200

Two forces produce the same torque.  Does it follow that they have the same magnitude? 

no

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

Which one of Kepler's laws states that this ratio (T2/R3) is the same for each planet that orbits the sun. 

What is Kepler's third law

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

What is the magnitude of the torque produced by a 4 N force applied to a door at a perpendicular distance of .22 m from the hinge?

.88 Nm

400

This is the law that describes the speed of the planets as they orbit the sun. 

What is the second law/the law of equal areas?

400

You drive too fast around a curve and the car starts to skid.  What is the centripetal force needed to keep the car moving in a circular motion?

What is friction

500

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

What is centripetal force?

500

If you were loosening a bolt and you needed to increase the torque to free a stuck bolt, what could you do to increase the torque on the bolt?

Increase the length of the lever arm

Increase the force on the lever arm

Apply the force perpendicular to the lever arm.

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

An ellipse has two of these. 

What are foci?

500

When a satellite is furthest from the massive body it orbits, this is low

What is speed?