Pendulum motion

What is the name of the mass on a pendulum?

• ion

• graviton

• oscillating mass

• bob

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

• True

• False

What is the period of a pendulum

• how many times the pendulum swings before it stops

• how many times the pendulum passes a point in one second

• one complete cycle (complete to and fro motion)

• one complete cycle bouncing up and down

A hypothesis is best described as a(n) ____________.

• A & B statement

• Right or wrong statement

• If, then statement

• exclamation statement

A simple pendulum looks like ______________

• a kite with a string attached

• a string with a mass attached

• a board with two legs attached

• a v shape with a flat base

Once started into motion, What makes a pendulum swing?

• height

• what the mass is made of

• the length of the string

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A pendulum swings back and forth between ________ and ___________energy.

• sound, kinetic

• potential, kinetic

• electrical, sound

• potential, sound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

In our lab, the pendulum period is timed by starting and stopping time at the ________________.

• lowest point

• highest point

• 3/4 point

• 1/4 point

Check all that apply. A good example of a pendulum is a ______________

• swing

• mallet

• wrecking ball on a crane

• sled with a rope tied to it

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

I will promise to complete and submit my 5.04 virtual pendulum motion lab by Monday 1/11.

• yes

• no