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Sample Problems: Circular and Rotational Motion

Problem Name Multiple-Choice/Short Answer Multiple-Choice/Multiple Response Representation Translation Ranking Tasks Context-Based Reasoning Problems Estimation Problems Qualitative Questions Essay Questions
R1. Round and round (*)
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X
         
R2. Climbing a ladder (*)        
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X
 
R3. Preventing velociraptors (*)        
X
X
X
 
R4. Rollerboards (*)        
X
X
  
R5. Keep the dust off your hard drive! (*)        
X
     
R6. KE of a bicycle wheel          
X
  
R7. Spinning with the earth (*)          
X
   
R8. The refrigerator door (*)        
X
 
X
 
R9. TV on a handtruck (*)        
X
     
R10. Rotational vs. linear energy of motion      
X
   
X
 
R11. Fly on an LP(*)            
X
 
R12. Linear and rotational momenta and energies      
X
     
X
R13. Refrigerator shelf        
X
X
X
 
R14. Buying wire (*)        
X
     
R15. Comparing conserved quantities      
X
       
R16. Cleaning up with flywheels (*)        
X
X
   
R17. The spinning electron        
X
     
R18. Melting the polar caps        
X
X
   
R19. Weighing a big suitcase (*)        
X
 
X
 
R20. Approximating Atwood        
X
 
X
 
R21. Designing a yo-yo        
X
X
   
R22. Torque-ing about intuition (*)              
X
R23. Rollerboards 2 (*)        
X
X
   
R24. Cat on a ladder (*)        
X
     
R25. I felt the earth move!(*)        
X
X
 
X
R26. Tree on the house(*)        
X
X
   

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