Table of Contents
- 1 Who has a higher rotational speed a boy on the outside or inside of a merry go round?
- 2 What force keeps you on a merry go round?
- 3 What is the movement of a merry go round?
- 4 Is a merry-go-round an unbalanced force?
- 5 When an object that is spinning in a circle loses its centripetal force How does it move?
- 6 Is Merry Go Round an example of circular motion?
Who has a higher rotational speed a boy on the outside or inside of a merry go round?
In one rotation, the person on the outside is covering more distance in the same amount of time as the one on the inside. This means it’s a faster speed.
What force keeps you on a merry go round?
The observer on the ground sees that the person on the Merry go round is moving in a circle and that the force that pulls the rider to the center of that circle is the friction from the floor of the Merry go round; which is known as centripetal force.
What is the movement of a merry go round?
The motion of a merry go round is circular motion. In this motion the merry go round exerts a centripetal force on the person riding it. The more we move away from the center of circular motion the more centripetal force will be applied on the person riding it.
What happens to the linear speed of an object when you increase the RPM?
As the rotational speed increases, the linear speed increases. The relationship is directly proportional.
Does a merry-go-round rotate or revolve?
No, you are going faster. The merry-go-round is rotating with uniform circular motion – that means that it rotates at a constant angular speed.
Is a merry-go-round an unbalanced force?
By Newton’s First Law there must be an unbalanced force acting on you in the direction of your acceleration. The immediate source of this force is the friction between your body and the seat. Ultimately, the force comes from the radial tension force in the structure of the merry-go-round.
When an object that is spinning in a circle loses its centripetal force How does it move?
Without a net centripetal force, an object cannot travel in circular motion. In fact, if the forces are balanced, then an object in motion continues in motion in a straight line at constant speed.
Is Merry Go Round an example of circular motion?
Answer:A merry-go-round is an example of circular motion because motion of the body moves along a circular path about a fixed axis.
Is linear speed the same as angular speed?
Substituting into the formula for linear speed gives v=rθt or v=r⋅θt. So the linear speed is equal to the radius times the angular speed. Remember in a unit circle the radius is 1 unit, so in this case the linear speed is the same as the angular speed.