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Circular Motion
U75-1 A body in uniform circular motion has a centripetal acceleration of 10 m s–2 and the radius
of the orbit is 0.4 m. What is the tangential velocity?
A. 2 m s–1 B. 4 m s–1 C. 20 m s–1 D. 25 m s–1

U83-7 A revolving machine rotates at 7 revolutions per second. A mass is placed 50 cm from the
axis of rotation. The speed of the mass will be approximately, ______ m s–1.
A. 0.45 B. 11 C. 22 D. 44 E. 45

U83-P1a What is speed and velocity? What is angular velocity?

(b) The orbit of the Earth round the Sun is an ellipse, but this ellipse may be approximated to a
circle of radius 1.51011 m. Find the average speed as well as the angular speed of the Earth
as it goes around the Sun.
[Take  = 3.1416, 1 year = 365.25 days, give your answers correct to 2 significant figures.]

U85-7 A small ball of mass 2.0 kg moves horizontally along a circle of radius 1.0 m and completes
300 r.p.m. The kinetic energy of the small ball is ________ J.
A. 987 B. 942 C. 471 D. 12.57 E. 0

U87-1 Fig.U87-1 shows a spinning ball traveling in a straight line in air. If the force of gravity due to
the earth to be neglected, which of the diagram in Fig.U87-1b indicates the most possible track
for the ball?
Direction of
rotation
A. B. C.
Direction of
translation

Fig.U87-1a
D E. Fig.U87-1b
U87-5 As part of training course, an astronaut is strapped into a seat, which revolves at 40 m s–1 in a
circle of diameter 20 m. The acceleration (other than the gravitational one) experienced by this
astronaut due to this motion would be ________ m s–2.
A. 0 B. 10 C. 80 D. 160 E. 240

U95-6 A body is moved from sea level in the equator to that in 45 of latitude. Which of the
following statements is true if the spinning of Earth is to be considered?
A. The linear velocity of the body increases.
B. The angular velocity of the body increases.
C. The angular velocity of the body decreases.
D. The centripetal force acting on the body decreases.

U99-10 A particle moves at a uniform speed of 4 m s–1 along a circular rail. The _______ of the
particle at two consecutive points A and B on the rail are equal.
A. velocities B. momentums C. kinetic energies D. impulse

U2k-15 Which of the following physical quantities of an object in uniform circular motion are the
same when it passes the same position each time?
I. Velocity II. Displacement III. Kinetic energy IV. Acceleration
A. I, IV B. II, III C. II, III, IV D. I, II, III, IV

U2k1-13 A small ball with a light string attached is moving in a uniform circular motion on a
smooth horizontal plane. Which of the following expressions is true?
A. At a constant angular velocity, the shorter the string the larger the centripetal force
B. At a constant tangential speed, the shorter the string the larger the centripetal force
C. At a constant tangential speed, the centripetal force is also constant and independent of the
length of string
D. At a constant angular velocity, the tangential velocity is also constant and independent of the
length of string

Prepared by UCSCAM Circular motion

Arranged by 吴 德 安, 徐 嘉 敏, 周 思 洁 Copyright