AP Physics Simple Harmonic

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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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

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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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

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

A butcher puts 300 g of chopped beef in the 1 kg pan and places it on top of his scale. The scale has a spring constant of 400 N/m. What is the period of vibration of the scale?

• 0.36 s

• 0.02 s

• 5.5 s

• 1.3 s

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A block of mass 2.0 kg is attached to a spring. What is the spring constant if the block’s acceleration is 13 m/s2 when it is 0.75 m away from the equilibrium position?

• 35 N/m

• 0.12 N/m

• 4.8 N/m

• 9.8 N/m

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What is the amplitude in simple harmonic motion?

• The time to complete one cycle

• The maximum displacement from equilibrium

• The number of cycles per second

• The measurement of displacement from the starting position

What does the period in simple harmonic motion refer to?

• The maximum displacement from equilibrium

• The time it takes to complete one cycle

• The frequency of the cycles per second

• The distance covered in one cycle

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