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Introductory questions on spring and pendulum oscillations, period, frequency, and restoring motion.
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Use the displacement-time graph. What is the period of the oscillation?

Use the displacement-time graph. What is the amplitude of the oscillation?

A mass on a spring is shown on the displacement-time graph. What is its period?

Read the displacement-time graph. What is the amplitude?

Use the graph of displacement versus time. What is the period of this oscillator?

The graph shows the displacement of a pendulum bob. What is its amplitude?

Use the displacement-time graph. What is the period of the motion?

Read the graph. What is the amplitude of this simple harmonic motion?

A spring oscillator's displacement-time graph is shown. What is its period?

Use the displacement-time graph. What is the amplitude?

For a small-swing pendulum, which two quantities set its period?
For a mass oscillating on an ideal spring, which two quantities set its period?
A pendulum bob is replaced by a heavier bob, but the string length and small starting angle stay the same. What happens to the period?
A cart oscillates on two springs in separate trials with the same mass and amplitude. The second spring has a larger spring constant k. What changes?
A small-swing pendulum is made longer while it stays in the same room. How does its period change?
A mass on a spring is pulled to a larger starting displacement, but the same mass and spring are used. For ideal SHM, what happens to the period?
A pendulum with the same length is taken to a planet where g is smaller than on Earth. What happens to its small-swing period?
A spring oscillator uses the same spring and starting amplitude, but the attached mass is increased. What happens to the period?
A pendulum has length 0.45 m and a small swing. For a pendulum, . Take g = 9.8 m/s². What is its period?
A 0.50 kg cart oscillates on a spring with k = 200 N/m. For a spring, . What is the period?
A pendulum has length 2.45 m. For small swings, , g = 9.8 m/s², and f = 1/T. What is its frequency?
A 0.20 kg mass oscillates on a spring with k = 80 N/m. For a spring, and f = 1/T. What is its frequency?
A small-swing pendulum is 0.80 m long. Use with g = 9.8 m/s². What is its period?
A 2.0 kg mass oscillates on a spring with k = 50 N/m. Use . What is the period?
A 0.25 kg mass is attached to a spring with k = 25 N/m. Use and f = 1/T. What is its frequency?
A cart on a spring moves between x = -0.30 m and x = +0.30 m, with positive x to the right. At x = +0.30 m, what are its speed and acceleration?
A spring oscillator has equilibrium at x = 0 and positive x to the right. As the mass passes x = 0 moving right, what are its speed and restoring force?
A pendulum swings with positive displacement to the right of center. At the leftmost point of a small swing, what are its speed and acceleration?
A cart on a spring moves between ±0.30 m, with positive x to the right. At x = +0.10 m while moving left, which statement is correct?
A small-swing pendulum passes through the center position moving left, with positive displacement to the right. What are its speed and restoring acceleration then?
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