WorksheetsOscillation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What two conditions are required for simple harmonic motion to occur?
Acceleration is opposite to displacement
Acceleration is to the direction of displacement
Acceleration is inversely proportional to displacement
Acceleration is proportional to displacement
In a simple pendulum, which force brings the mass back to equilibrium?
Gravitational force
Elastic force
Tension
Friction
What is meant by forced oscillation?
When an object is vibrating at its natural frequency
When an object continues to vibrate after the disturbance is removed
When an object vibrates at a frequency which is different from its natural frequency
When an object receives a vibration from external sources
Which graph can be used to describe oscillation?
displacement-time graph
displacement-length graph
amplitude-time graph
time invariant graph
The picture is taken from an oscilloscope. The vertical scale is at 500 mV per division. What is the amplitude of the green signal?
0.50 V
1.50 V
3.00 V
5.00 V
The horizontal scale is 10 ns per division. What is the oscillation frequency of the green signal?
5.0 kHz
10 kHz
5.0 MHz
10 MHz
What is the period of a simple pendulum with a length of 50.0 cm? (g = 9.81 m s−2)
0.359 s
1.42 s
2.48 s
2.78 s
An oscillation has a function y(t)=2.0 sin (3.0t) cm
What is its angular frequency?
2.0 rad s−1
3.0 rad s−1
0.48 rad s−1
2.1 rad s−1
A mass of 50 g attached to a spring oscillates with a function of y(t)=2 sin(3t) cm.
What is its maximum kinetic energy?
0.15 J
0.45 J
0.90 J
6.0 J
A pendulum with a mass of 0.10 kg swings with a period of 0.50 s and amplitude of 2.0 cm. What is the speed when the displacement of the pendulum is −1.0 cm?
8 cm s−1
11 cm s−1
22 cm s−1
36 cm s−1
