AP Physics C: Mechanics Circular Motion and Gravitation — practice questions
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Practice AP Physics C: Mechanics Circular Motion and Gravitation in the app →The rotation angle is described as analogous to which linear quantity?Angular velocity is described as analogous to which quantity?Any net force that causes uniform circular motion is called a:The units used to measure rotation angles are defined to be:The linear speed of a point on the rim is also called the:Under the first of Kepler's laws, the orbit of each planet about the Sun is an:Centripetal acceleration points in which direction?A car on a circular path at constant speed is accelerated in what way relative to its velocity?The gravitational attraction between two particles acts along which line?Gravitational force is directly proportional to the product of the two:Gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the:In a rotating non-inertial frame, the fictitious force you feel is called:The universal gravitational constant is determined in which way?Under the second of Kepler's laws, the line from the Sun to a planet sweeps out:The gravitational forces two bodies exert on each other have magnitudes that are:Cavendish's experiment was difficult because the attraction he measured was between two:An ellipse is a closed curve where the sum of the distances to the two foci is:How many tides per day result from the gravity of the Moon acting on Earth?