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Circular Motion Test Review
(1) What types of acceleration can a body in circular motion experience? In other words, differentiate among the following:
(A) linear acceleration
(B) radial acceleration
(C) centripetal acceleration
(D) angular acceleration
(2) Given a list of bodies in motion, identify the motions that are associated with acceleration and those that are not associated with acceleration.
(3) Differentiate between tangential velocity and angular velocity, knowing those terms that influence magnitude.
(4) Know how many radians a body passes through as it rotates through a given number of degrees, a specified distance from the center of rotation.
(5) Given an increase in revolution per minute, explain the acceleration(s) experienced by the body.
(6) Solve a FC = mV2/R problem.
(7) Construct a labeled diagram which explains the variables operating to keep a body in a banked turn. Demonstrate the relationship among the variables.
(8) Diagram a satellite in orbit about a planet.
(A) Recognize the relationship between the magnitude of its orbital speed and its distance from earth, and between its orbital speed and its mass.
(B) Recognize the variable(s) which permit(s) the orbit of a geostationary satellite.
(C) Identify all forces which directly influence an orbiting body.
(9) Solve for a body's linear and angular velocity, when placed on a rotating disc.
(10) Diagram a plane in a banked turn. Using one of the problems previously solved, transpose each term in turn, as if to solve for it. Check the value you obtain with the term's stated value.
(11) Solve a problem involving a rotating body undergoing a change in angular velocity. Solve for the time variable, original or final angular velocity, or angular displacement.
(12) Solve a satellite problem, solving for the satellite's mass, orbital speed, distance above the surface of the heavenly body about which it is orbiting.
(13) Solve a circular motion problem where static friction is required.