1. Uniform Circular Motinon Intro Set
Grade: «grade»
Subject: «subject»
Date: «date»
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2. 1 You are spinning a bucket
attached to a string in a
circle above your head. A
________________ force
holds the stopper in a
circular path.
A centripetal
B centrifugal
C don't know
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3. 2 In a washing machine,
during the spin cycle, the
force is on the
_____________ , causing
the water to be separated
from the clothes.
A water
B clothes
C don't know
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4. 3 A tube is been placed upon the table and
shaped into a three­quarters circle. A
golf ball is pushed into the tube at one
end at high speed. The ball rolls through
the tube and exits at the opposite end.
Describe the path of the golf ball as it
exits the tube.
A
B
C
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5. 4 Mr. Bennet is spinning a
rubber stopper at a
constant rate of 3 revs/
second. The rubber
stopper is accelerating.
True
False
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6. 5 Mr. Bennet is still spinning
the rubber stopper. What
direction is the force on
the stopper?
A in
B out
C tangent to circle
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7. 6 When you are driving your
car and make a left turn,
friction between your tires
and the road, causes the
car to move to the left.
True
False
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