ACTIVITY 1.

CIRCULAR MOTION

TEST 1. Read each problem or situations carefully. Choose the letter of

the correct answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is the motion along the circle and at any point is
always tangent to the circle?
a. Tangential acceleration c. Centripetal acceleration
b. Tangential velocity d. Radius of curvature
2. Which of the following shows the concept in an object that is moving in a
circular motion with the acceleration is always towards the center of the
circle?
a. Tangential acceleration c. Centripetal acceleration
b. Tangential velocity d. Radius of curvature
3. Which of the following is the measure how the tangential velocity changes
along the time?
a. Tangential acceleration c. Centripetal acceleration
b. Centripetal acceleration d. Radius of curvature
4. Which of the following is the distance from the vertex to the center of
curvature?
a. Tangential acceleration c. Centripetal acceleration
b. Centripetal acceleration d. Radius of curvature
5. An object moving along circular motion with acceleration vector pointing
towards the center of the circle is known as centripetal acceleration.
a. True c. false
b. sometimes d. maybe not
6. What force is needed in circular motion?
a. Centrifugal force c. Normal force
b. Centripetal force d. Tension force
7. Which of the following quantities in uniform circular motion of the object
remains constant?
a. Acceleration and velocity c. Speed and velocity
b. Acceleration and speed d. Velocity only
8. What is the tangential acceleration of the object in circular motion?
a. 0˚ c. 45˚
b. 30˚ d. 90˚
9. What is the angle between the acceleration and the velocity of the object
moving in uniform circular motion?
a. 0˚ c. 45˚
b. 30˚ d. 90˚
10.What is the type of acceleration doing a body experience in the uniform
circular motion?
a. Linear speed c. Centrifugal force
b. Centripetal acceleration d. none
11.What does velocity of the object describe in uniform circular motion?
a. always perpendicular to the velocity of the object
b. always perpendicular to the centripetal acceleration of the object
c. always parallel to the centripetal acceleration of the object
d. always parallel to the velocity of the object
12.What is the linear velocity a man driving a car in 60 km in two hours?
 a. 30 km per hour c. 100 km per hour
b. 80 km per hour d. 120 km per hour
13.What is the example of angular velocity?
a. A ball rolling in the road d. A ball stuck in edge of the
b. A runner in a circular track road
c. A runner in a straight track
14.What is angular velocity
a. Object that is moving along a straight path
b. Object in between two straight paths
c. Object that is moving along a circular path
d. Object at rest in any path
e. Centripetal force is the total force acting on the object in uniform circular
motion and the direction is always towards the center of the rotation.
15.What force is acting on the object in uniform circular motion and the direction
pointed towards the center of the circle?
a. Centrifugal force c. Tangential force
b. Centripetal force d. Gravitational force

TEST 2. Solve the following problems about circular motions.

1. What is the tangential acceleration of the object if it accelerates uniformly in
circular motion with changes in velocity of 80 m/s an in the total changes of
time of 25 seconds?
2. The ball is tied to a string to whirl it having a radius of 50 cm at a velocity of
1.2 m/s. What will be the acceleration of the ball?
3. What is the acceleration of the bicycle if the velocity is 1.5 m/s in a circular
path with the radius of 75 meters?
4. A jeepney follows a circular road with a radius of 300 meters at a speed of 30
m/s. What is the magnitude of the jeepney’s acceleration?
5. A 450 kg jeep taking a turn on a 350 m radius road at 22 m/s. Calculate the
centripetal force exerted on the jeep.
WHAT WE KNOW

Knowing that a quantity with both direction and magnitude is called a vector.
An example of vector is velocity, wherein velocity is an example of linear motion
where the rate of change in objects position with respect to time.

distance
speed /velocity= --------equation1 (speed along linear motion)
time
While the direction of the circular motion is the circumference of a circle is
two pie times radius.

cicumference of the ¿˚ 2 π∗radius -------equation2

Substitute equation 2 and 1
 distance circumference 2 πr
speed= = = ----equation 3 (speed along circular motion)
time time t
TANGENTIAL VELOCITY
Tangential velocity is the velocity measured of an object
moving along the edge of a circle and direction is always
along with the tangent line of the circle at any given point.
2 πr ∆ s
V T= =
t ∆t

Where
VT = tangential velocity Fig 1. Velocity vector
r = radius direction at any point in
t = time circular path is always
tangent to the circle

TANGENTIAL ACCELERATION
The object moving in a circle doesn’t have any tangential
acceleration or zero tangential acceleration it means that the
object is moving with a constant velocity. When the object in
circular motion changes the magnitudes and direction of the
tangential velocity it resulted tangential acceleration.

Tangential acceleration is a measure of how the tangential velocity of a point

changes with time. Tangential acceleration is just like linear acceleration, but it’s
particular to the tangential direction. It always acts perpendicular to the centripetal
acceleration of the object moving in a circle.

CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION

Uniform Circular Motion is the motion of the object in a circle with constant speed
and as it moves in the circle it constantly changing in direction tangent to the path
of the circle in any point. As it continuously changes in direction the velocity vector
also changes and experienced acceleration. This acceleration is called as the
centripetal acceleration, means center seeking.

For any object in uniform circular motion with a velocity in circular path with the
radius, r. the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration is

2
v
a c=
r
Where:
ac – centripetal acceleration
v - velocity
r – radius

Centripetal Force
Centripetal force is the total force acting on the object in uniform circular motion
and the direction is always towards the center of the rotation.
In Newtons Second Law of Motion, the total force acting on the object causes the
acceleration of mass, F Total =ma. Just like for the uniform circular motion the
acceleration is the centripetal acceleration, a = a c.
In Newtons Second Law of Motion equation

F=ma
Where
F – force
m – mass
a – acceleration

F
a= ---------------equation 1
m
Centripetal acceleration
2
v
a c= ----------------equation 2
r
Where:
ac – centripetal acceleration
v - velocity
r – radius

The magnitude of the centripetal force, F c = mac

Therefore, the Centripetal force, Fc in terms of tangential velocity is
2
v
F c =m
r
Where
Fc – Centripetal Force
m – mass
v – velocity
r – radius

RADIUS OF CURVATURE

The radius of curvature is defined as the radius of the approximate circle at a

particular point. It is the length of the curvature vector. As the curve moves, the
radius changes. It is denoted by r.
Equation:

2
mv
rc=
F
rc = radius of curvature
m = mass
v = velocity
F = lateral gripping force