Fill the rotational motion board
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- Clues and terms
- Clue
- Body in which the distances between all pairs of particles never change.
- Item
- Rigid body
- Clue
- The fixed line about which a body that cannot slide is able to turn.
- Item
- Rotation axis
- Clue
- Sweeping of a spinning top's axis around the vertical through its tip.
- Item
- Precession
- Clue
- Rotational analogue of force, measured in newton metre.
- Item
- Torque
- Clue
- Two equal opposite forces on different lines, turning a body without moving it.
- Item
- Couple
- Clue
- Point that moves as if all the mass and all external forces sat there.
- Item
- Centre of mass
- Clue
- Light rod pivoted along its length, with a load arm and an effort arm.
- Item
- Lever
- Clue
- The pivot of an ideal lever, about which the moments are taken.
- Item
- Fulcrum
- Clue
- Heavy disc in an engine whose large moment of inertia smooths speed changes.
- Item
- Flywheel
- Instructions
- A clue is called out each turn. Tap the cell it names. Three marks in a line wins.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part 1, Ch 6 Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion_