Centripetal Force and Acceleration

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You swing a bucket of water attached to a string in a circle above your head. What keeps the water in the bucket?

As the moon orbits the earth, what keeps the moon moving in a circular motion?

Where is the net force when the roller coaster is at the top of the loop?

This picture was taken form the International Space Station. Gravity keeps the space station in orbit.

Centripetal is a direction. it means: “directed to the_________ of a circle.”

A car makes a turn of radius 25 m while traveling at a constant speed of 15 m/s. What acceleration was required to make this turn?

A cyclist turns a corner with a radius of 50m at a speed of 10m/s. If the cyclist and cycle have a combined mass of 120kg, what is the force causing them to turn?

As this ride starts to spin in a circular motion the swings move outward. What is the cause of this outward motion