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WAEC WASSCE Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation — practice questions — page 2

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What gravity depends onRead the answer and worked solution →Points to the centre or not?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd oneRead the answer and worked solution →

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What gravity depends on

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    First mass
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Second mass
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Separation
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Mass product
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Inverse square
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Electric charge
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Temperature
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Body colour
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Body shape
Category
Gravity depends on it
Instructions
Move the basket with the arrows. Catch only what fits the category.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation", section 6.5 Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation_

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Points to the centre or not?

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Left
To the centre
Items
  1. Item
    Centripetal acc
    Answer
    To the centre
  2. Item
    Centripetal force
    Answer
    To the centre
  3. Item
    Velocity
    Answer
    Along the path
  4. Item
    String tension
    Answer
    To the centre
  5. Item
    Arc length
    Answer
    Along the path
  6. Item
    Travel direction
    Answer
    Along the path
  7. Item
    Earth pull on Moon
    Answer
    To the centre
  8. Item
    Tangent line
    Answer
    Along the path
Right
Along the path
Instructions
Swipe each quantity to the direction it actually points.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation", section 6.2 Centripetal Acceleration_

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Spot the odd one

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Radians per second
    2. Rotation angle
    3. Metres per second
    4. Arc length
    Odd item
    Metres per second
  2. Items
    1. Tension
    2. Gravity
    3. Friction
    4. Flung outward
    Odd item
    Flung outward
  3. Items
    1. Period cubed
    2. Ellipse
    3. Equal areas
    4. One focus
    Odd item
    Period cubed
  4. Items
    1. Muscle atrophy
    2. Zero gravity
    3. Bone loss
    4. Free fall
    Odd item
    Zero gravity
Instructions
One item in each row does not belong. Tap it.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation", section Angular Velocity_

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