Simple Harmonic Motion

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

Which of the following affects the period of a pendulum?

• mass

• length of the string

• tension of the string

• shape of the mass on the string

Where does a pendulum have maximum kinetic energy?

• at the bottom of its arc

• at the end of its swing

• as it rises up

• as it falls

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

• pencil

• x axis

• pendulum

• variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is the unit for the period of a pendulum?

• second

• meter

• m/s/s

• Newton

Where does a pendulum have maximum potential energy?

• at the bottom of its arc

• at the end of its swing

• as it rises up

• as it falls

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

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

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A mass-spring system can oscillate with simple harmonic motion because a compressed or stretched spring has which kind of energy?

• kinetic

• mechanical

• gravitational potential

• elastic potential

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A pendulum swings back and forth 10 times in 12.1 s. What is the period?

• 12.1 s

• 1..21 s

• 0.121 s

• 0.826 s

• 8.26 s

A pendulum swings back and forth 10 times in 12.1 s. What is the frequency?

• 12.1 Hz

• 1..21 Hz

• 0.121 Hz

• 0.826 Hz

• 8.26 Hz

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1