Mission CG2 Acceleration and Net Force
Mission CG2 focuses on to the concepts of acceleration and net force and how they pertain to an object moving in a circle. You should be able to identify the direction of these two vectors for an object moving in a circle at a constant speed. The mission consists of 36 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
Learning Outcomes
- The student should be able to recognize that objects moving in circles have an acceleration and explain the cause of this acceleration.
- The student should be able to describe the magnitude and direction of the acceleration and net force vector of an object moving in a circle at a constant speed.
Getting Help
If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
The Physics Classroom - Circular Motion Unit, Lesson 1, Part b
The Physics Classroom - Circular Motion Unit, Lesson 1, Part c
- What are the criteria for an object accelerating?
- In general, how is the direction of velocity and acceleration related?
- In general, how is the direction of acceleration and net force related?
- For circular motion, what is the direction of the velocity vector?
- For circular motion, what is the direction of the acceleration vector?
- For circular motion, what is the direction of the net force vector?
- How is acceleration related to mass, speed and radius?
- How is net force related to mass, speed and radius?