Chapter 5 Circular Motion - Gravitation

SmartBoard Pre-Lecture Notes for Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Giancoli 6th Edition Web Resources

AP Syllabus

Chapter 5 Homework

Chapter Outline:

5-1  Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion (pg. 106) 

• Uniform circular motion produces centripetal acceleration
• Direction of acceleration towards center of circle

5-2  Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion (pg. 109)  

• Centripetal force
• Centrifugal force is non-existent (recall Newton's 1st Law)

5-3  Highway Curves, Banked and Unbanked (pg. 112)

• Application: circular motion, centripetal force and friction

5-4  Non-uniform Circular Motion (pg. 115)

• Identifying non-uniform circular motion

5-6  Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation (pg. 117) 

• Derive the gravitational universal law and apply to problems

5-7  Gravity near the Earth's Surface (pg. 121)

• Relate ocean tides and gravitational forces
• Mini Lab: Einstein's Gravity

Centripetal Force Lab  RE: Lab Information

5-8  Satellites and Weightlessness (pg. 122)

• Conditions for constant state of free fall
• The "feeling of weightlessness"
• Calculating orbital velocities
• Conditions for geosynchronous satellites

5-9  Kepler's Laws and Newton's Synthesis (pg. 125)

• Elliptical orbits of planets and satellites 

5-10 Types of Forces in Nature (pg. 125)

• 4 types of forces and their relative strengths
• Intro to Grand Unification Theories (Ex: String Theory)