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Circular Motion and Gravitation

Question 1
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Which quantity must remain constant for an object moving in uniform circular motion?

Question 2
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A bullet embeds itself into a block at rest on a horizontal frictionless surface; what must be true about linear momenta before and after this perfectly inelastic collision?

Question 3
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Why doesn't the normal force equal centripetal force when an object travels uniformly in a horizontal circular motion?

Question 4
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If a car is moving with a constant speed of 20 m/s on a circular track of radius 50 m, what is the magnitude of the net force acting on the car?

Question 5
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A solid wheel with a radius of R rotates at a constant angular velocity omega. Which of the following points will undergo the greatest angular displacement as the wheel rotates?

Question 6
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A small spacecraft expels gas particles backwards at high speed through space; what describes how this system conserves its angular momentum around its center mass given no outside torques present?

Question 7
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In an experiment featuring an object swinging in a horizontal circle at the end of a string, what happens to the tension in the string if its length is doubled while keeping mass and speed constant?

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Question 8
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What direction is the net force pointing when an object is moving in a circle at constant speed?

Question 9
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A ball tied to a string swings horizontally and forms a conical pendulum; if we increase the length of the string while keeping the swing speed fixed, how will the tension in the string change?

Question 10
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Which direction does net force point on an object undergoing uniform circular motion?