Circular motion

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  • Created on: 21-05-13 16:28
When an object moves in a circle, what is it doing?
Continuously changing direction
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Which means?
It is continuously changing velocity
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What does changing velocity mean?
It is accelerating
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What is the acceleration called?
The centripetal acceleration
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When does the the object only accelerate?
When a resultant force acts upon it
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What is that force called?
The centripetal force
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What does this force always act towards?
The centre of the circle
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What happens if the centripetal force stops acting?
The object will continue to move in a straight line at a tangent to the circle
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The centripetal force increases by how many things?
3
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By, the mass of object...
Increases
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The speed of the object...
Increases
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The radius of the circle...
Decreases
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What force provides the centripetal force?
Gravitational force or tension or electric force
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Which means?

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It is continuously changing velocity

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What does changing velocity mean?

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What is the acceleration called?

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When does the the object only accelerate?

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