Pendulums and Periodic Motion

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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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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 has the greater period?

• A
• B
• Same

Which would have the longest period?
Pendulum A: A 200-g mass attached to a 1.0-m length string
Pendulum B: A 400-g mass attached to a 0.5-m length string

• A
• B
• Same

Your Mom wishes to make a simple pendulum that serves as a timing device. She plans to make it such that its period is 1.00 second. What length must the pendulum have?

• 1 m
• .5 m
• .25 m
• More than 1 meter

A pendulum is 0.75 meters long and has a period of 4.17 seconds. The Pendulum is on an unknown planet.  What is the gravity of the Unknown Planet?

• 9.8
• 3.4
• 1.7
• Greater than 9.8

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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

• 3.1 sec
• 1.9 sec
• 9.3 sec
• 5.1 sec

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Batman and Robin swing from ropes attached to a large elevated platform. Suppose that they can be treated as a simple pendulum with a length of 16 m. Determine the period for one complete back and forth cycle.

• 16 s
• 4 s
• 8 s
• 6 s

True/False: The time for a complete back-and-forth swing of a pendulum is its frequency.

• True
• False

The time that it takes to complete one wave cycle is called the...

• frequency
• period
• amplitude
• wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The number of cycles that are completed per second is called the _ and is measured in _.

• frequency, Hertz
• wavelength, meters
• amplitude, meters
• period, seconds

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1