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Physics unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Centripetal acceleration | The rate of the tangential velocity |
| Parabolic | Having the shape of a parabola |
| Revolution | an objects movement around an external axis |
| Rotation | an objects movement around an internal axis |
| Rotational Speed | The number of complete rotations achieved by an object in a given amount of time; often measured in RPMS |
| Tangential Speed | The motion that is tangent to an objects path |
| Torque | The force applied to a rotation object to change its rotational inertia |
| what are the two vectors of a Parabolic curve? | Horizontal and vertical |
| Work | The amount of force needed to move an object |
| Power | The amount of work done to move an object |
| Centrifugal force | Pulls an object away from the center |
| Centripetal Force | What makes the object try to move inward |