SHM/Waves (Spring 2019 Semester Exam Review)

What is any motion that repeats itself?

• variable

• cycle

• pendulum

• circle

What is anything that you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome?

• graph

• pendulum

• swings

• variable

What is a mass that hangs from a fixed point and swings to and fro?

• pencil

• x axis

• pendulum

• variable

Which variable DID affect the out come of the experiment?

• starting position

• length of string

• mass or amount of pennies

Complete - The longer the string, the ________ the swings.

• greater

• fewer

How many variables are changed in a controlled experiment?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• doesn't matter how many

A cycle is a motion or activity that is ____________.

• always different

• exciting

• repeated

• boring

Lisa's grandfather has a clock with a pendulum to keep it going. Her clock is running slowly all the time. What could she do to the pendulum to keep it going at the right pace?

• make the bob lighter

• make the bob heavier

• make the pendulum longer

• make the pendulum shorter

For a system in simple harmonic motion, which of the following is the time required to complete a cycle of motion?

• amplitude
• period
• frequency
• revolution

For a system in simple harmonic motion, which of the following is the number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time?

• amplitude
• period
• frequency
• revolution

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1