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What is uniform circular motion?
In uniform circular motion, what is the difference between a scalar and vector quantity?
Why does velocity change in uniform circular motion even if the speed is constant?
What happens to an object's velocity in uniform circular motion according to Newton's first law of motion?
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How would you describe the direction of velocity in uniform circular motion?
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What is the primary reason why an object in circular motion does not follow a straight-line path?
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What is the role of centripetal force in maintaining circular motion?
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What is the apparent outward-directed force felt by something moving in a circle due to inertia called?
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Which equation is used to calculate the inward acceleration of an object in circular motion?
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What happens to a toy airplane's motion if the child spinning it lets go of the string providing centripetal force?
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What is the centripetal acceleration of the child on the bike?
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If the child's mass was given in grams instead of kilograms, how would this conversion affect the centripetal acceleration?
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What would happen to the centripetal force experienced by the child if the velocity is doubled?
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If a child with a mass of 40kg rides a bike at the same speed in a circle with a radius of 4m, how would the centripetal force compare to the original scenario?
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What happens to the centripetal force if the radius of the circular path is increased while keeping all other factors constant?
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