Exploration 1: MOVING IN CIRCLE In this activity you are going to describe uniform circular motion. Study the illustration about an object moving in a clockwise direction around a circular path and answer the corresponding questions.1. What can you say about the speed of the object as it moves around the circle? 2. What can you say about the direction of the object as it moves around the circle? 3. What can you say about its velocity? Why do you say so? 4. What can you say about its acceleration? Why do you say so? 5. The diagram shown is an example of objects moving in uniform circular motion. What is "uniform" or what "remains the same" when objects move in uniform circular motion?
Answer (1)
Answer:1. The speed of the object is constant, meaning it does not change as it moves around the circle.2. The object's direction is constantly changing, but it is also constant because it is moving in a circle.3. The velocity of the object is directed tangentially to the circle and changes direction continuously, so it is also constant.4. The acceleration of the object is directed towards the center of the circle and is also constant, meaning it doesn't change as the object moves.5. In uniform circular motion, the speed, direction, and acceleration of the object remain constant.
