AP Physics 1: Circular Motion
I made this worksheet for my students studying circular motion:
linear vs rotational speed
centripetal acceleration
finding linear speed from period and vice versa
centripetal force
This worksheet includes 40 practice problems, plus an answer key. I have them grouped by type, so you can either have your students do one section at a time, or a few problems from each section. (I always aim to have more practice available than they need.)
The illustrations are fun, and I included everything a typical AP Physics 1 class covers:
friction for cars making turns
apparent weight at the top and bottom of a circular path
situations where the centripetal force is supplied by tension, gravity, the normal force, or friction
I also included a section of conceptual questions, which I find help give students a sense of what circular motion actually feels like.
I also included the classic trick questions, like "if you tie a weight to a string and swing it around, but suddenly the string breaks, what path will the weight take?"
I made this worksheet for my students studying circular motion:
linear vs rotational speed
centripetal acceleration
finding linear speed from period and vice versa
centripetal force
This worksheet includes 40 practice problems, plus an answer key. I have them grouped by type, so you can either have your students do one section at a time, or a few problems from each section. (I always aim to have more practice available than they need.)
The illustrations are fun, and I included everything a typical AP Physics 1 class covers:
friction for cars making turns
apparent weight at the top and bottom of a circular path
situations where the centripetal force is supplied by tension, gravity, the normal force, or friction
I also included a section of conceptual questions, which I find help give students a sense of what circular motion actually feels like.
I also included the classic trick questions, like "if you tie a weight to a string and swing it around, but suddenly the string breaks, what path will the weight take?"
I made this worksheet for my students studying circular motion:
linear vs rotational speed
centripetal acceleration
finding linear speed from period and vice versa
centripetal force
This worksheet includes 40 practice problems, plus an answer key. I have them grouped by type, so you can either have your students do one section at a time, or a few problems from each section. (I always aim to have more practice available than they need.)
The illustrations are fun, and I included everything a typical AP Physics 1 class covers:
friction for cars making turns
apparent weight at the top and bottom of a circular path
situations where the centripetal force is supplied by tension, gravity, the normal force, or friction
I also included a section of conceptual questions, which I find help give students a sense of what circular motion actually feels like.
I also included the classic trick questions, like "if you tie a weight to a string and swing it around, but suddenly the string breaks, what path will the weight take?"
