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What is the acceleration that occurs when an object moves at a constant speed in circular motion called?
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∙ 11y ago
It's called 'centripetal acceleration', whether or not
the speed is constant or the path circular.
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A car moves in uniform circular motion around a curve in the road What is the direction of the car's acceleration?
If the speed is constant, the acceleration is toward the center of the circle.
What will be acceleration of a car moving in a circular motion with constant speed.?
If body is moving in a circle with uniform or constant speed its acceleration will be uniform as velocity i.e. to say direction is changing at every point.
Under what conditions is it possible to have a constant speed yet a nonzero acceleration?
A body can have a constant speed yet a nonzero acceleration when it is in a circular motion because though it is having a constant speed but the direction in which it is moving keeps changing at each instance and since acceleration is a vector quantity,it becomes non-zero.
Can the car accelerate if the speedometer of a car indicates a constant speed?
no. see the definition of acceleration. it can remain a constant speed while the velocity changes. *Edit* Actually, the answer is yes. The algebraic formula for acceleration is displacement over time but you are only thinking in terms of linear motion, or in the case of this scenario, a straight road. But when the car follows the road as it snakes or rounds a bend its acceleration is changing even if its speed is not. A more specific definition of acceleration is the change in velocity over the change in time. Velocity is a measurement of speed but with a direction and when an object goes into a circular motion path (or any motion path that isn't linear) its velocity is continually changing and a change in velocity means a change in acceleration. Plainly put, if the car turns a corner with a constant speed, the magnitude is constant but the acceleration vector is not.
What does a flat line represent on a speed time graph?
Motion at a constant speed - no acceleration or deceleration.
What is the acceleration that occurs when an object moves at a constant speed in circular motion?
It's called 'centripetal acceleration', whether or not the speed is constant or the path circular.
Is acceleration uniform in uniformly circular motion?
yes, acceleration is constant in uniform circular motion
What kind of acceleration travels at a constant speed in a circular motion?
What kin of acceleration travels at a consent speed in a circular motion
What remain constant in uniform circular motion?
acceleration
What is the correct name for circular motion?
If the motion is truly in the form of a circle, the phrase uniform circular motion describes it appropriately. This means that the object is in a constant state of motion about a fixed point at a constant distance from that point. Circular motion can be considered an acceleration, because an acceleration describes any change in velocity or direction. Since circular motion involves constant change in direction, the object exhibits constant acceleration.
Give reason why uniform circular motion is considered as accelerated motion?
Because within circular motion, acceleration is constant
Is uniformly accelerated motion uniform motion?
yes, acceleration is constant in uniform circular motion
Is the statement 'a body moving with uniform speed along a circular path is subjected to uniform acceleration' true or false justify?
This statement is true. This type of movement is called Uniform Circular Motion. For every circular motion at constant speed, there is a constant radial acceleration (always pointing towards the center of the circle) named centripetal acceleration. This constant acceleration ensures that at every moment during the motion the orientation of the velocity is changed so that the object stays in a circular path.
Can speed be constant but acceleration not be zero?
yes,in case of circular motion .
Why is circular motion an example of constant acceleration?
Actually it isn't. In circular motion, even if you assume a constant speed (the simplest case), acceleration is towards the center. Therefore, the direction of the acceleration changes all the time - and therefore, the acceleration changes all the time.
What accelerates while traveling at constant velocity?
An object in uniform circular motion undergoes constant acceleration but moves at constant "speed".Constant "velocity" means no acceleration.
What identifies a change in motion that produces acceleration?
A ball moving at a constant speed around a circular track.
