Waves
Simple Harmonic Motion
Acceleration
Vocabulary
Falling Objects
100
How many nodes does a complete wave contain?
What is 2.
100
A pendulum is released 40 degrees from its resting position. Is its motion simple harmonic?
What it no.
100

A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 6.6 m/s in 6.5 s. Find the distance the car travels during this time.

What is 2.4 seconds.
100
What is the definition of the word model?

What is a pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept.

100

What would be the acceleration of a turtle that is moving with a constant velocity of 0.25 m/s to the right? 

What is zero.
200
How many antinodes half a wave contain?
What is 1.
200

Janet wants to find the spring constant of a given spring, so she hangs the spring vertically and attaches a 0.40 kg mass to the spring’s other end. If the spring stretches 3.0 cm from its equilibrium position, what is the spring constant?

K = 130 N/m

200

A car enters the freeway with a speed of 6.4 m/s and accelerates uniformly for 3.2 km in 3.5 min. How fast (in m/s) is the car moving after this time?

What is 24.076 m/s.

200
What is the definition of the word system?

Wha is a set of particles or interacting components considered to be a distinct physical entity for the purpose of study

200

When a coin is tossed vertically upward, does its acceleration increase, decrease, or remain constant while it is in the air?

The acceleration remains constant the entire time the penny is in the air.

300
When frequency is increased, what happens to wavelength?
Wavelength decreases. 
300

A child swings on a playground swing. How many times does the child swing through the swing’s equilibrium position during the course of a single period of motion?

What is twice.
300

As the shuttle bus comes to a sudden stop to avoid hitting a dog, it accelerates uniformly at −4.1 m/s2 as it slows from 9.0 m/s to 0.0 m/s. Find the time interval of acceleration for the bus.

What is 2.2s.
300

What is the definition of the word hypothesis?

What is an explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested.

300

Two children are bouncing small rubber balls. One child simply drops a ball. At the same time, the second child throws a ball downward so that it has an initial speed of 10 m/s. What is the acceleration of each ball while in motion?

What is -9.8 m/s^s
400
When wavelength increases, what happens to frequency?
Frequency decreases. 
400

What characterizes an object’s motion as simple harmonic?

The restoring force is proportional to displacement.

400

A car traveling at 7.0 m/s accelerates uniformly at 2.5 m/s2 to reach a speed of 12.0 m/s. How long does it take for this acceleration to occur?

What is 2s.
400
What is the definition of simple harmonic motion?

What is an explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested displacement from equilibrium

400

A pebble is dropped down a well and hits the water 1.5 s later. Using the equations for motion with constant acceleration, determine the distance from the edge of the well to the water’s surface.

What is 11.0m.
500
What proportionality relates frequency to wavelength?
Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional. 
500

In preparing to shoot an arrow, an archer pulls a bowstring back 0.40 m by exerting a force that increases uniformly from 0 to 230 N. What is the equivalent spring constant of the bow?

K = 580 N/m.
500

Turner’s treadmill runs with a velocity of -1.2 m/s and speeds up at regular intervals during the half-hour workout. After 25 min, the treadmill has a velocity of -6.5 m/s. What is the average acceleration of the treadmill during this period?

What is -3.5 * 10 ^ -3 m/s²

500
What is the definition of the word "medium?"
What is a physical environment in which phenomena occur. 
500
What is the gravitational constant for Earth?
-9.8 m/s^2