PHYSICS CIRCULAR MOTION OBJECTIVES


Students will be able to:

  1. Define the period of motion
  2. Define the frequency for motion
  3. Mathmatically relate the period and frequency
  4. Convert from RPM’s (revolutions per second) to Hertz
  5. Use the definitions of period and frequency to solve word problems
  6. Discuss the relationship between centrifugal and centripetal forces.
  7. Describe why a person slides tothe outsid eof a curve in a car as observed from inside the car.
  8. Discuss what supplies the centripetal forces
  9. Correctly write the units equations from memory
  10. List the S. I. units associates with each quantity
  11. Solve word problems utilizing the formulae and conepts in the unit.
  12. Calcualte the g’s felt by a rider in an amusment park when

    1. he/she is spun in a horizontal circle (carousel)
    2. he/she is spun in a vertial circle (roller coaster loops, playground swings.)
  13. Describe why an irregular shaped roller coaster loop is better than a circular loop.
  14. Solve problems based on an automobiles ability to supply a lateral acceleration and its “cornering.”
  15. Solve problems utilizing formulae and ratios.