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About Ms. Zerda
100
The period of a pendulum depends on this
What is the length?
100
x
What is displacement?
100
The time for a pendulum to make one complete cycle
What is the period?
100
A string vibrates at a frequency of 20 Hz. Find its period.
What is 0.05 s?
100
The university Ms. Zerda attended
What is THE Ohio State University?
200
This characteristic of springs will demonstrate the spring constant
What is the stretchiness?
200
F
What is force?
200
The term that refers to how many cycles can occur in one second
What is the frequency?
200
A pendulum has a period of 0.3 s. Find its frequency.
What is 3.33 Hz?
200
The field of science Ms. Zerda studied
What is geology?
300
A spring conforms to Hooke's Law if the graph is this.
What is linear?
300
k
What is the spring constant?
300

The maximum distance the object moves from the equilibrium position


What is the amplitude?
300

The spring constant of a spring that stretches 0.12 m when an object weighing 24 N is hung from it

What is 200 N/m?
300
The city Ms. Zerda grew up in


(+100 - Name her High School)

What is Edinburg?


(What is Edinburg High School?)

400
This is how the spring constant can be found from a graph of force versus displacement.
What is the slope?
400
f
What is frequency?
400
The natural frequency of an object that causes an increase in the amplitude of motion
What is resonance?
400

The period of a simple pendulum with a length of 1 m

What is 2 s?
400
The language Ms. Zerda studied in college
What is Russian?
500
This is the relation between frequency and period.
What is inverse?
500
T
What is the period?
500
Any motion that repeats in a regular cycle
What is periodic motion?
500

A spring has a spring constant of 56 N/m. How far will it stretch when a block weighing 18 N is hung from its end?

What is 0.32 m?
500
The type of dog Margo is
What is a greyhound?
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