HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

An object follows a circular path at a steady speed. Describe how each of the following quantities changes as it follows this path: speed, velocity, kinetic energy, momentum, centripetal force, centripetal acceleration. (Refer to both magnitude and direction, as appropriate.)

Important Questions on Circular Motion

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Show that an alternative equation for the centripetal acceleration is a=ω2r.
MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Calculate how long it would take a ball to orbit the Earth once, just above the surface, at a speed of 7920 ms-1. (The radius of the Earth is 6400 km.)

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A stone of mass 0.20 kg is whirled round on the end of a string in a vertical circle of radius 30 cm. The string will break when the tension in it exceeds 8.0 N. Calculate the maximum speed at which the stone can be whirled without the string breaking.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the centripetal force on the space station.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the speed at which it orbits

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the time taken for each orbit

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the number of times it orbits the Earth each day.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate its speed