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New Generation International Schools Physics

Name: ____________________________________________________ Grade 12___

Quiz 1 SHM
Question 1:

• The diagram shows a 4 kg block attached to a Hookean spring on


a frictionless surface, the block experiences no net force when it
is at position B.
• The mass is pulled to the right from point B to point C and
released at time t = 0, then oscillates between positions A and C.
• Assume that the system consists of the block and the spring and
that no dissipative forces act.

1. The block takes 50.0 s to make 25 oscillations. What is the “period of oscillation” for this system?

2. What is the frequency of this oscillating system?

3. What is the amplitude of vibration of this system?

4. Determine the spring constant of the spring.

5. Explain what would happen to the period and frequency of this system if you were to double the amplitude
while keeping the mass and spring constant the same.

6. Explain what would happen to the period and frequency of this system if you were to double the mass while
keeping the amplitude and spring constant the same.

7. Explain what would happen to the period and frequency of this system if you were to double the spring constant
while keeping the amplitude and mass constant.

8. What would happen to the energy if the amplitude of oscillation were tripled while keeping the mass and spring
constant unchanged?

9. What would happen to the maximum speed if the amplitude of oscillation were tripled while keeping the mass
and spring constant unchanged?

10. Where does the block experience maximum acceleration and what is the maximum acceleration?
New Generation International Schools Physics

Question 2:

The following graph shows the motion of a 3.5 kg object


attached to a spring. The mass is undergoing simple harmonic
motion.

1. The period of the motion: __________________


2. The frequency of the motion: __________________
3. The amplitude of the motion: __________________
4. The spring constant: __________________

5. Calculate the total mechanical energy in the mass-spring system.

6. What is the maximum PE in the spring, and at what time(s) does it have this maximum energy?

7. What is the maximum KE of the object, and at what time(s) does it have this maximum energy?

8. What is the maximum speed of the object, and at what time(s) did it occur?

9. What is the speed of the object when it is 2 cm from the equilibrium position?

10. What is the maximum acceleration of the object, and at what time(s) did it occur?

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