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SQA Advanced Higher Mathematics of Mechanics Force, Energy and Periodic Motion overview quiz quiz

16questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. For circular motion, the centripetal acceleration is:

  2. The centripetal force on a body in a circle is best described as:

  3. For a frictionless banked track, the design speed satisfies:

  4. The least speed at the top of a vertical circle (inside a track) for contact is found by setting:

  5. Newton's law of gravitation gives the force between two masses as:

  6. Which equation defines simple harmonic motion?

  7. In SHM the speed at displacement xx from the centre is given by:

  8. For a mass mm on a spring of stiffness kk in SHM, ω2\omega^2 equals:

  9. The impulse of a constant force FF acting for time tt is:

  10. In a collision between two bodies, which is always conserved?

  11. The impulse of a variable force F(t)F(t) over an interval is:

  12. The work done by a constant force FF over a displacement dd at angle θ\theta is:

  13. The work-energy principle states that the total work done equals:

  14. The power developed by a force FF moving its point of application at speed vv is:

  15. When a force depends on position xx, the most useful form of acceleration is:

  16. For a body falling against resistance, the terminal velocity is reached when: