Circular Motion and Torque Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• gravity : the force that causes the circular motion of planets in orbit
• harder : is to easier or harder to close a door from the middle than from the handle?
• increase : shortening the radius of a circular path will do what to the centripetal force?
• fulcrum : the pivot point of a seesaw
• frequency : the number of revolutions in one unit of time.
• circumference : the velocity of an object in circular motion is found by dividing the _ by the period.
• mass : you find an objects centripetal force by multiplying the centripetal acceleration by the object's _
• banked : race tracks are _ in order to increase the centripetal force on the car
• tension : the force that caused the circular motion of thomas
• accelerating : things in circular motion are always...
• nothing : what would happen if you applied a force over a parallel distance relating to torque.
• perpendicular : torque is found by multiplying the _ force by it's distance
• torque : a force which turns a lever around a pivot point.
• period : the time it takes an object to make one revolution.
• equilibrium : the state a system is in when torque one is equal to torque two.
• uniform : _ circular motion moves at a constant velocity.
• zero : the net torque on a balanced seesaw is...
• closer : when trying to balance two blocks on a seesaw. the heavier block must be _ to the fulcrum.
• changing : in nonuniform circular motion the velocity of the object is...
• decrease : shortening the radius of a circular path will do what to the objects velocity?
• tangent : when something is released from circular motion it will move in a path _ to the circle.