Centripetal force is what keeps an object from flying off with its inertia. For each example, figure out what force is acting as the centripetal force:
1. When a roller coaster is at the top of a loop.
2. A satellite in orbit
3. A tetherball swinging around a pole
4. A car making a sharp turn
5. Water inside of a swinging bucket
Centripetal force is what keeps an object from flying off with its inertia. For each example, figure out what force is acting as the centripetal force:
1. When a roller coaster is at the top of a loop.
2. A satellite in orbit
3. A tetherball swinging around a pole
4. A car making a sharp turn
5. Water inside of a swinging bucket
Centripetal force is what keeps an object from flying off with its inertia. For each example, figure out what force is acting as the centripetal force:
1. When a roller coaster is at the top of a loop.
2. A satellite in orbit
3. A tetherball swinging around a pole
4. A car making a sharp turn
5. Water inside of a swinging bucket
Answer the following in your physics notebook:
1) What is the direction of the centripetal force?
2) What type of motion does inertia wish to follow?
3) What prevents the penny from escaping the balloon?
- What is this centripetal force called?
4) Two weights are on a string, one is in the middleand one is on the end. When the string is spun in a circle
- Which weight has a higher velocity?
- Which weight has a higher revolutions per minute?
5) Draw a satellite in orbit, draw and label the centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, and desired direction of the inertia.
Answer the following in your physics notebook:
6) What is the direction of the centripetal force?
7) What type of motion does inertia wish to follow?
8) What prevents the penny from escaping the balloon?
- What is this centripetal force called?
9) Two weights are on a string, one is in the middleand one is on the end. When the string is spun in a circle
- Which weight has a higher velocity?
- Which weight has a higher revolutions per minute?
5) Draw a satellite in orbit, draw and label the centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, and desired direction of the inertia.