1)A child is riding on a Merry-Go-Round. The child will experience both tangential acceleration and centripetal acceleration. a) True b) False

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1)A child is riding on a Merry-Go-Round. The child will experience both tangential acceleration and centripetal acceleration.

a) True

b) False

2)A ballet dancer is spinning in the middle of a horizontal frictionless stage. Which of the following things could he change by moving parts of his body or his whole body?

a) rotational kinetic energy

b) his moment of inertia

c) his angular momentum

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

f) Just moment of inertia and momentum

g) Just energy and momentum

3)A wheel begins to rotate from rest with a constant angular acceleration of 2.2 rad/?. How many revolutions does it take for the wheel to reach an angular speed of 6.3 rad/s?

4) Two children are riding on a merry go round. One sits near the rim, the other mid way between the rim and the axis of rotation. Both children have the same angular displacement and translational speed

a) True

b) False

5)Two children are riding a Merry-Go-Round. Child 1 is sitting close to the rim, Child 2 is sitting midway between the rim and the axis of rotation. Which child has a greater tangential speed?

a) Child 1

b) Child 2

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