Fast Facts: Simple Harmonic Motion

What is the equation for Hooke's Law?

• $F=-kx$

• $F=-\frac{k}{x}$

• $F=k^2x$

• $F=kx^2$

For a mass attached to a spring oscillating horizontally, the equilibrium position of the spring is the position at which the spring is...

• at its maximum stretch

• at its maximum compression

• neither stretched nor compressed

The maximum displacement of an oscillating object from its equilibrium position is its...

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

The time interval needed for an oscillating object to complete one oscillation is its...

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

The number of complete oscillations an object makes in one second is its...

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The relationship between period, T, and frequency, f, is...

•  $T=f$  

•  $T=\frac{1}{f}$  

•  $T=f^2$  

•  $T=\frac{1}{f^2}$  

The period of an object attached to a spring that is in simple harmonic motion is...

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{g}{L}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{k}{m}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{m}{k}}$

The period of a pendulum that is in simple harmonic motion is...

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{g}{L}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{k}{m}}$

• $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{m}{k}}$

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

A mass is attached to a spring and oscillating horizontally on a frictionless surface. At what position(s) is the kinetic energy zero?

• maximum spring stretch

• maximum spring compression

• spring equilibrium

A mass is attached to a spring and oscillating horizontally on a frictionless surface. At what position(s) is the kinetic energy at its maximum?

• maximum spring stretch

• maximum spring compression

• spring equilibrium