Centripetal acceleration
12.2What the syllabus asks of you
- understand that a force of constant magnitude that is always perpendicular to the direction of motion causes centripetal acceleration
- understand that centripetal acceleration causes circular motion with a constant angular speed
- recall and use a = rω² and a = v² / r
- recall and use F = mrω² and F = mv² / r
Read the notes first
Chapter 12: Centripetal acceleration
Drill this topic
All 12 questions on Centripetal acceleration, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
12 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.