Q: What do you call any force that makes something move in a circle?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Centripetal Force is an umbrella term that refers to any force that makes something move in a circle. Examples of forces that can be centripetal forces are as follows: Gravity (the gravity between the Earth and Sun causes the Earth to go in a circle), Friction (the friction force between a car’s tires and the road causes the car to turn), Tension (when swinging a bucket around in a circle by holding onto the string, the tension of the string is the centripetal force).

 Choices:

- cyclical

- tangential force

- momentum

- centripetal force


A:
centripetal force