Simple Harmonic Motion
Measuring Simple Harmonic Motion
Properties of Waves
Wave Interactions
Math
100

For harmonic motion, what is the restoring force for a mass spring system

spring force

100
This describes the time it takes to complete a cycle of simple harmonic motion.
What is period?
100
Any physical environment a disturbance can travel through.
What is a medium?
100
When two waves interfere with each other and the size of the wave increases.
What is constructive interference?
100

What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 2 Hz.

4 m/s

200

A stretched or compressed spring stores this type of potential energy.

What is elastic potential energy?

200
This describes the height of the wave and also describes the maximum displacement of the object from equilibrium.
What is amplitude?
200
Any wave which requires a medium to travel through.
What is a mechanical wave?
200
When two waves overlap and they subtract from each other.
What is destructive interference?
200

The speed of a wave is 6 m/s. If the wave has a wavelength of 0.5 m, what is the frequency of the wave?

12 Hz

300

for an object oscillating in harmonic motion, where does the object experiance the greatest speed?

equilibrium

300
This describes the number of cycles completed in one second.
What is frequency?
300
These waves vibrate perpendicular to the wave motion.
What is transverse waves?
300
These waves have nodes and antinodes.
What is standing waves?
300

what is the time it takes to complete one cycle for an object oscillating at 5 Hz?

0.2 sec

400

For a pendulum to be in simple harmonic motion, the angle of displacement is called the 

the amplitude
400
Given that the length of a pendulum's string is 9.81m, solve for the period of the pendulum.
What is 2pi(s) or 6.28s?
400
Given that a wave has a frequency of 21.0Hz and a wavelength of 0.500m, solve for the speed of the wave.
What is 10.5m/s?
400
When a wave encounters a fixed boundary, this happens on its return journey.
What is it is reflected and inverted?
400

A pendulum, here on earth, has a length of 1 m. How long does it take to complete one cycle?

2 sec

500
At equilibrium any simple harmonic motion has this at the maximum (displacement, acceleration, restoring force, or velocity).
What is velocity?
500
Given that a spring with constant 6.89N/m has a mass of 27.6kg attached to it, solve for the spring's period.
What is 12.6s?
500
Given a wave has a speed of 5.00m/s and a frequency of 2.50Hz, solve for the wavelength of the wave.
What is 2.00m?
500
When a wave hits a free boundary this happens to it.
What is it is reflected?
500

What is the period of an oscillating 5 kg mass attached to a spring with a spring constant of 50 N/m?

2 seconds

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