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This document provides information about harmonic motion and related concepts like period, frequency, amplitude, and oscillation. It includes examples of linear and harmonic motion, definitions of key terms, formulas for calculating period and frequency, and sample problems working through these calculations for different oscillating systems like a hummingbird's wing beats, a person jumping on a bed, and a tuning fork. Students are asked to do a mini lab activity measuring the period and frequency of a toy car moving in a circular path around a post to experience harmonic motion firsthand.

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Day 1 - Harmonic Motion Notes Page

This document provides information about harmonic motion and related concepts like period, frequency, amplitude, and oscillation. It includes examples of linear and harmonic motion, definitions of key terms, formulas for calculating period and frequency, and sample problems working through these calculations for different oscillating systems like a hummingbird's wing beats, a person jumping on a bed, and a tuning fork. Students are asked to do a mini lab activity measuring the period and frequency of a toy car moving in a circular path around a post to experience harmonic motion firsthand.

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Name:______________________________________Date:_____________Period: 2 3 4 5 6 7

Harmonic Motion

1. What two types of motion are there? _Linear motion, Harmonic Motion_

2. What is linear motion? ____A motion that travels from one place to another with out repeating. (involves
the concepts of distance, time, seed, and acceleration

3. Give two examples of linear motion. __A runner on a straight track, a vehicle, or a bullet on a straight path.

4. What is harmonic motion? ____A motion that repeats itself over and over

5. What is a restoring force? ____pendulums, bouncing springs, wheels, waves, and music

6. What is a cycle? ____A force that tries to return an object to equilibrium (center resting)

7. Give two examples of a cycle (not the ones in the PowerPoint). _____Dryer, washing machines.

8. A cycle has to include _______all the motions that repeat

9. The cycle of the pendulum is defined by:

_where we choose the beginning of the cycle to be.

10. What is a system? _ is a group we choose that includes all things we are interested in.

11. What is an oscillator? ______is a system that shows harmonic motion

12. List two things that come from oscillations: ___Light, Sound

13. What is period and its unit? ___the length of time for one cycle; how long it takes for one repetiotion

14. What is frequency and its unit? __the number of cycles it makes per second (Hz)

15. A frequency of one cycle per one second is ___one hertz

16. Frequency and period are __inversely_ related. The __period__ is the time per cycle.

The __frequency_ is the number of cycles per time.

17. Write the formulas for period and frequency below. Be sure to label each variable and include its unit.

T=1/f F=1/T

18. What is amplitude and how is it measured? ____The maximum distance or angle the motion moves from
its center position. Can be measured in distance or degrees.
19. When measuring amplitude, you must measure from the:

__ , you must measure from the center (equilibrium position)


to the farthest distance from the center.

Calculate the following before moving to the next slide to check your answer.

1. A hummingbird beats its wings up and down with a frequency of 80.0 Hz. What is the period of the
hummingbird’s flaps?
T=1/80
T=.0125 seconds

 This means it takes___ .0125 seconds for one cycle of a wing flap to occur.

2. David jumps up and down on his bed, taking 0.75 seconds for each jump. What is the frequency of David’s
jumping?
f= 1/.75
f= 1.33 Hz

This means David completes 1.33 cycles in one second.

3. Mr. Knote, a piano tuner, taps his 440-Hz tuning fork with a mallet. What is the period of the vibrating fork?

T=1/440
T= .002 second

This means it takes only _.002 of a second to complete one full vibration cycle.

Now go to the back lab tables complete the mini lab; read through ALL of the directions first.

1. Position the toy car with the front wheels just behind the starting line.
2. Make sure you are ready with the stopwatch function on your phone, and start the toy car.
 Time how long it takes the toy car to complete one cycle around the post (until the wheels are back
in the same position at the starting line).
 Get three times, record them in the spaces provided below, and calculate the average.

Time 1: _____________ Time 2: ______________ Time 3: ___________ Average Time: ________________

3. What is the period of the toy car (based on the average time)?_____________________________________

4. What is the frequency of the toy car (based on the average time)? __________________________________

When finished, bring your paper to me to be checked for completion.

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