MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A stone of mass 0.20 kg is whirled round on the end of a string in a vertical circle of radius 30 cm. The string will break when the tension in it exceeds 8.0 N. Calculate the maximum speed at which the stone can be whirled without the string breaking.

Important Questions on Circular Motion

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the centripetal force on the space station.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the speed at which it orbits

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 Tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km Where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the time taken for each orbit

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The International Space Station has a mass of 350 tonnes ad orbits the earth at an average height of 340 km where the gravitational acceleration is 8.8 ms-2. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Calculate the number of times it orbits the Earth each day.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate its speed

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate its centripetal acceleration

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An toy truck of mass 0.40 kg travels round a horizontal circular track of radius 0.50m. It makes three complete revolutions every 10 seconds. Calculate the centripetal force.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Mars orbits the Sun once every 687 days at a distance of 2.3×1011m. The mass of Mars is 6.4×1023kg Calculate the average speed in metres per second