HSC Physics Moving Reference Frames
/A tutorial sheet of questions on a moving object seen in a moving reference frame is given below.
- A bus moves to the west at a constant velocity. A ball is released from rest relative to the bus. Describe the path of the ball (a) relative to the bus (b) relative to the ground.
- A bus is moving to the east with a constant acceleration to the east. A ball is released from rest relative to the bus. Describe the path of the ball (a) relative to the bus (b) relative to the ground.
- A bus is moving to the east with a constant acceleration to the west. A ball is released from rest relative to the bus. Describe the path of the ball (a) relative to the bus (b) relative to the ground.
- An elevator is moving upwards at a constant velocity. A ball is thrown horizontally inside the elevator. Describe the path of the ball (a) relative to the elevator (b) relative to the ground.
- An elevator is moving upwards with a constant acceleration upwards. A ball is thrown horizontally inside the elevator. Describe the path of the ball (a) relative to the elevator (b) relative to the ground.
- A boy and a girl sit at opposite ends of the diameter on a rotating table. At a certain instant the boy is moving to the west and the girl to the east. The girl throws a ball that is caught by the boy. Describe the initial velocity components of the ball (a) relative to the table, (b) relative to the ground.
- A simple pendulum has a period of oscillation T. The pendulum is supported over the centre of a rotating reference frame of period of revolution P. Find the period of oscillation of the pendulum in the rotating reference frame when (a) P = T, (b) P > T, (c) P < T
