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Tangential or centripetal?

Exercise and reference answers

Left
Tangential
Items
  1. Item
    Changes the speed
    Answer
    Tangential
  2. Item
    Along the rim
    Answer
    Tangential
  3. Item
    Tied to angular a
    Answer
    Tangential
  4. Item
    Changes direction
    Answer
    Centripetal
  5. Item
    Points to centre
    Answer
    Centripetal
  6. Item
    Speed stays same
    Answer
    Centripetal
Right
Centripetal
Instructions
Swipe left for Tangential, right for Centripetal.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP(R) Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 10 'Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum', sections 10.1-10.7_
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