Physics Unit 6 Packet 1 - Simple Harmonic Motion

What Quantity can you calculate from the graph and give the magnitude of that quantity.  

• Work 4 J

• Displacement 30 m

• spring constant 20 N/m

• Velocity 2.6 m/s

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As a pendulum gets longer, what happens to the period?

• doesn't change

• decreases

• increases

Which of these does not affect the period of a pendulum?

• length

• gravity

• mass

The period of an ocean wave is 10 s. What is its frequency?

• 10 cycle/second

• 1 cycle/second

• 0.5 cycle/second

• 0.1 cycle/second

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At what point in the swing of a pendulum is the bob moving fastest?

• at the top of the arc

• at the bottom of the arc

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Pendulum "A" is on Jupiter Pendulum "B" is on the Moon.  The Moon has less gravity than Jupiter. The pendulums have the same mass and length.  Which Pendulum is moving faster?

• A

• B

• Same

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What is the period on Earth of a pendulum with a length of 2.4 m?

• 3.1 s

• 1.5 s

• 0.77 s

• 1.2 sec

A butcher puts 300 g of chopped beef in the 1 kg pan and places it on top of his scale. The scale has a spring constant of 400 N/m. What is the period of vibration of the scale?

• 0.36 s

• 0.02 s

• 5.5 s

• 1.3 s

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A simple harmonic oscillator takes 4.8 s to undergo five complete vibrations. What is the frequency? 

• 1 Hz

• 0.96 Hz

• 1 s

• 0.96 s

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When does the mass move at maximum velocity in a mass-spring system?

• At equilibrium

• At the farthest point from the equilibrium

• At its hightest point

• At its lowest point

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