Survey Questions

1. Bouncing pingpong ball on top of golf ball

2. Disc and hoop rolling down the plane

3. Pendulum period versus amplitude

4. Merry-go-round

5. Slinky

6. Sliding bead on a rotating wire

7. Satellite in orbit

8. Wood block

9. Spinning light rod

Level and concepts used in the questions

In roughly increasing order of difficulty:

4. Merry-go-round

GCSE: Newton I

9. Spinning light rod

A-level: Newton II

5. Slinky

A-level: waves on wires, dimensional analysis

1. Bouncing pingpong ball on top of golf ball

IA Mechanics: collisions

2. Disc and hoop rolling down the plane

IA Mechanics: moment of inertia, rotational energy

IB Dynamics: extreme cases

3. Pendulum period versus amplitude

IA Mechanics: simple harmonic motion

IB Dyanmics: extreme cases

6. Sliding bead on a rotating wire

IB Dynamics: rotating frames, extreme cases

7. Satellite in orbit

IB Dynamics: semi-latus rectum, angular momentum

8. Wood block

IB Dynamics: elasticity, normal modes