Periodic Motion

The time it takes a pendulum to complete a cycle

• Period

• Cycle

• Mean

• Amplitude

• Frequency

He developed the Law of the Pendulum

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Christian Nuygen

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Weight that hangs from a wire or string attached to a fixed point that when
pushed will move from side to side in periodic motion

• Frequency

• Pendulum

• Cycle

• Period

• Amplitude

The movement of an object from side to side

• Damping

• Pendulum

• Frequency

• Cycle

• Oscillation

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One complete left and right swing of a pendulum

• Period

• Oscillation

• Cycle

• Damping

• Amplitude

The number of cycles a pendulum completes in a second

• Period

• Mean

• Frequency

• Damping

• Amplitude

State two types of periodic motion.

What is the term for the maximum displacement from the equilibrium position in periodic motion?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Period

• Cycle

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Which of the following is an example of periodic motion?

• A car accelerating

• A pendulum swinging

• A ball rolling down a hill

• A person walking

In a simple harmonic oscillator, what is the relationship between period (T) and frequency (f)?

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