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Mo8-L3: Vocabulary Review
Direction: Answer each question on the lines provided. Use complete sentences.
centripetal force circular motion Newton’s second law of motion
1. How is centripetal force related to circular motion?
2. What is Newton’s second law of motion?
3. What is the equation for Newton’s second law?
4. What is one example of an object that is affected by centripetal force?
Mo8-L3: Key Concept Organizer
Direction: Put a check mark on the line before each example in which gravity is the main force inf uencing
the object’s velocity.
1. a spaceship blasting off
2. a spaceship in orbit
3. a pitched ball on the way to the plate
4. a dropped ball
5. a comet moving around the Sun
6. the rotation of Earth
7. the movement of the tides
8. a rock sinking to the bottom of a lake
9. windmill blades turning
10. a rock formation collapsing
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