Simple Harmonic Motion

A spring has a spring constant of 5 N/cm.  What is its extension when loaded with 15 N?

• 0.33 cm

• 5 cm

• 75 cm

• 3 cm

A spring extends 1.5 m under a load of 10 N. What is its spring constant?

• 0.15 N/m

• 8.5 N/m

• 6.7 N/m

• 15 N/m

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What Quantity can you calculate from the graph and give the magnitude of that quantity.  

• Work 4 J

• Displacement 30 m

• spring constant 20 N/m

• Velocity 2.6 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Objects with different masses are hung on a spring. The diagram shows how much the spring stretches. What is mass M?

• 175 g

• 150 g

• 200 g

• 166 g

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

As a pendulum gets longer, what happens to the period?

• doesn't change

• decreases

• increases

Which of these does not affect the period of a pendulum?

• length

• gravity

• mass

The period of an ocean wave is 10 s. What is its frequency?

• 10 cycle/second

• 1 cycle/second

• 0.5 cycle/second

• 0.1 cycle/second

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

At what point in the swing of a pendulum is the bob moving fastest?

• at the top of the arc

• at the bottom of the arc

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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.MS-PS2-4

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

• 3.1 s

• 1.5 s

• 0.77 s

• 1.2 sec