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1
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Motion that repeats at a constant rate

A

Periodic motion

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Position where the mass is at rest

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Equilibrium position

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Velocity is maximum as the mass passes through the equilibrium position, the spring force continues to decrease while gravity maintains a constant force on a mass

True of False

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True

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Friction that opposes the restoring force in oscillating systems produces

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Damping

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Below the equilibrium position, the upward pull of the spring is stronger than the downward pull of gravity

True or False

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True

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6
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Periodic motion that is controlled by a restoring force proportional to the system displacement from its equilibrium position is called

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Simple Harmonic Motion

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The mass on the spring never goes farther from its equilibrium position than it was originally pulled, and a pendulum never rises above the height from which it was released. This maximum displacement is called

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Amplitude

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How many cycles the mass will complete in a unit of time

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Frequency

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9
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Circular motion is similar to SMH

True or False

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True

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A simple or ideal pendulum consists of a mass suspended from an ideal string or a massless rod of length L called the

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Pendulum arm

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All the mass of an ideal pendulum is assumed to be at the end of the pendulum arm

True or False

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True

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12
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The restoring force in a pendulum is the vector sum of the pendulum’s weight and the tension in the pendulum arm

True or False

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True

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13
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In nonuniform circular motion such as that of pendulum, the vector sum of tangential and centripetal accelerations is its total acceleration

True or False

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True

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14
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The restoring force of a pendulum oscillator from small angles is not dependent on the weight of the pendulum’s displacement angle.

True or False

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False

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The magnitude of the pendulum’s initial perpendicular displacement is the length of the side opposite to the initial angle 0

True or False

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True

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The period of of a pendulum is proportional to the square root of pendulum arm length and is inversely proportional to the square root of gravitational acceleration

True or False

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True

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17
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A pendulum’s period is not related to the mass of a pendulum

True or False

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True

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The inventor of the first pendulum regulated clock, was a prominent Dutch scientist

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Christiaan Huygens

19
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A damped oscillator would not experience simple harmonic motion in the absence of all frictional forces

True or False

A

False

20
Q

An overdamped oscillator can complete one cycle

True or False

A

False

21
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When the oscillator and medium viscosity are matched so that the mass hardly overshoots the equilibrium point it is called

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Critically damped

22
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The frequency at which the force is most effective in increasing the swing amplitude

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Natural oscillation frequency

23
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Is indicated by large amplitude oscillations

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Resonance

24
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Result from the periodic application of a force to the system

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Driven oscillations

25
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Are oscillations of extended bodies

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Waves

26
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The material through which waves travel

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Medium

27
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An oscillation in the medium

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Disturbance

28
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Is a disturbance that displaces the medium along its line of travel

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Longitudinal waves

29
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Is a disturbance that displaces the medium perpendicular to its line of travel

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Transverse waves

30
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The regions where the molecules are pushed together have higher density and pressure than the average medium

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Compression zones

31
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The regions where the molecules are spread apart have lower density and pressure are called

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Rarefaction zones

32
Q

Longitudinal waves travel more rapidly through solid than through gases

True or False

A

True

33
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Some mechanical transverse waves can pass through gases or liquids

True or False

A

False

34
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Can carry information and energy from one place to another

A

Periodic waves

35
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Is the distance from one peak to the next

A

Wavelength

36
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Are longitudinal pressure waves that come from a vibrating body

A

Sound waves

37
Q

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum

True or False

A

True

38
Q

Is the amount of power transported by the wave the the square of the wave’s amplitude

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Intensity

39
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Scientists measure loudness in

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Decibels (dB)

40
Q

How high or low a sound is

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Pitch

41
Q

The frequency of the dominant note

A

fundamental

42
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The multiples of this frequency

A

harmonics

43
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is responsible for the change in frequency

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Doppler effect

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