A training capsule moves at constant speed in a circular path around the centre of a centrifuge. Positions and directions are described using north, east, south and west. At the westernmost point of the path, the capsule is moving north.
Which statement gives the directions of the capsule's velocity and the resultant force when it reaches the easternmost point of the path?
Its velocity is south and the resultant force is west.
Its velocity is west and the resultant force is south.
Its velocity is south and the resultant force is east.
Its velocity is north and the resultant force is west.
80 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 7.1 The Solar System and gravity, covering 7.1.1 Weight and g on different bodies in space, 7.1.2 The Solar System, 7.1.3 Changing ideas about the Solar System, 7.1.4 Orbits of moons, planets, comets and satellites, and 7.1.5 Gravity and orbital motion. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.