BAHIR DAR ACADEMY DEPARTMENT OF 2012

PHYSICS PHYSICS WORKSHEET V for grade 11

(Rotational motion)

(2PT EACH)

1. Explain about rotational motion?

2. Write the linear equivalence formula of rotational motion?
3. What is torque?
4. Derive an expression for the work done by the torque
5. Define rotational kinetic energy of a body
6. Drive P = τω?
7. A flywheel spins 200 times each minute. What is its angular velocity?
8. A car engine rotates at 3000 revolutions per minute. What is its angular velocity in rad/s?
9. A CD is rotating at 3000 revolutions per minute. What is the linear velocity of a point on the
CD, 30mm from the axis of rotation?
10. A force [2 ,4] acts at a displacement of [5 ,3]. What is the torque produced by the force?
11. Yosef tightens a nut and turns it through half a turn. A force of 300 N is used at a perpendicular
distance of 30 cm. How much work is done by Yosef?
12. A flywheel is rotating with an angular velocity of 5 rad/s. A force accelerates it uniformly to an
angular velocity of 10 rad/s over 2 seconds. What is the angular acceleration of the flywheel?
13. Explain about rotational inertia?
14. Identify factors affecting the moment of inertia of a body.
15. A rotating drum in a fairground ride is accelerated from rest by a torque of 4000 N m. The
moment of inertia of the drum is 10 000 kg m2. What is the angular acceleration of the drum?
16. Proof kE = ½ Iω2
17. Zerubabe applies a torque of 200 N m over a half turn and takes 4 seconds. What is the power?
18. State the parallel axis theorem?
19. A body of mass 4 kg has a moment of inertia about its Centre of mass of 20 kg m2. It is then
rotated about an axis which has a displacement of [ 3, 4] m. Find the moment of inertia of the
body about the axis [ 3 ,4] m.

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 BAHIR DAR ACADEMY DEPARTMENT OF 2012
PHYSICS PHYSICS WORKSHEET V for grade 11
(Rotational motion)

20. State the law of conservation of angular momentum?

21. Find the moment of inertia of a disc of radius 0.30 m and mass 0.5 kg.
22. Find the moment of inertia of a sphere of mass 0.5 kg and radius 0.25 m.
23. Find the kinetic energy of a rotating body with moment of inertia 0.005 kg m2 and angular
velocity of 0.5 rad/s.
24. Find the work done when a torque of 5 N m moves through an angle of π radians.
25. How can you use the right-hand rule to work out the direction of angular momentum?
References: :your text book,
: Collage physics
: New guide physics

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