Practice - Conservative Forces
Practice Questions
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Define a conservative force.
💡 Hint: Think about forces that can be described using a potential energy function.
What is an equipotential surface?
💡 Hint: Consider surfaces in gravitational fields.
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Interactive Quizzes
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Which of the following forces is conservative?
💡 Hint: Think about which forces conserve energy.
True or False: Equipotential surfaces require work to move an object along them.
💡 Hint: Remember what happens on a flat surface in terms of energy.
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Challenge Problems
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A particle is acted on by a central force resulting in circular motion. If the radius of the circle doubles, how is the angular momentum affected?
💡 Hint: Remember the relationship between mass, velocity, and radius in angular momentum.
Consider a spring with a spring constant k compressed by a distance x. What is the potential energy stored in the spring?
💡 Hint: Recall the formula for spring potential energy from Hooke's Law.
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