Centres of mass

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A small quiz that highlights all the relevant facts and formulas about centres of mass.
Seth-Riley Adams
Quiz by Seth-Riley Adams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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A body behaves as if its whole mass were concentrated at one point.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Every body has a centre of [blank_start]mass[blank_end].
Answer
  • mass

Question 3

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For a human, the centre of [blank_start]mass[blank_end] is somewhere in the [blank_start]midddle[blank_end] and the [blank_start]vertical[blank_end] line from it must be within the [blank_start]area[blank_end] enclosed by its [blank_start]feet[blank_end] or else it will [blank_start]fall[blank_end] over.
Answer
  • mass
  • middle
  • vertical
  • area
  • feet
  • fall

Question 4

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The [blank_start]centre[blank_end] of mass of a regulary [blank_start]shaped[blank_end] body that has the same [blank_start]density[blank_end] throughout is at its [blank_start]centre[blank_end]. In other cases it can be [blank_start]found[blank_end] by an [blank_start]experiment[blank_end].
Answer
  • centre
  • shaped
  • density
  • centre
  • found
  • experiment

Question 5

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When the vertical line of a body's centre of mass doesn't go through the area of the body, the body will topple over.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The [blank_start]stability[blank_end] of a body is [blank_start]increased[blank_end] by: (i) [blank_start]lowering[blank_end] its centre of mass, and (ii) [blank_start]increasing[blank_end] the area of its [blank_start]base[blank_end]
Answer
  • stability
  • increased
  • lowering
  • increasing
  • base

Question 7

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[blank_start]Unstable[blank_end] equilibrium is when a body moves [blank_start]further[blank_end] away from its [blank_start]previous[blank_end] position when it is slightly displaced and then released.
Answer
  • Unstable
  • further
  • previous

Question 8

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[blank_start]Neutral[blank_end] equilibrium is when a body [blank_start]stays[blank_end] in its [blank_start]new[blank_end] position when [blank_start]displaced[blank_end].
Answer
  • Neutral
  • stays
  • new
  • displaced

Question 9

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[blank_start]Stable[blank_end] equilibirum is when a body is slightly displaced and when it is released it [blank_start]returns[blank_end] to its [blank_start]previous[blank_end] position.
Answer
  • Stable
  • returns
  • previous
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