Author Question: When an object is spinning in place, it is experiencing: a. projectile motion. b. circular motion. ... (Read 83 times)

nautica902 · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

When an object is spinning in place, it is experiencing:
a. projectile motion.
b. circular motion.
c. rotational motion.
d. vertical motion.
e. orbiting motion.

Question 2

When an item has been launched into orbit:
a. it no longer falls because the weakening of Earth's gravity with increased height has made it lighter than air.
b. it no longer falls because it is outside the atmosphere.
c. it is kept in orbit by attraction to the Sun and Moon.
d. it continues to fall but its path never reaches the ground.
e. centripetal force from Earth's gravity keeps it from being accelerated toward Earth.