Period of SHM

Practice Questions

High School Physics › Period of SHM

Questions
10
1

Your grandfather clock’s pendulum has a length of . If the clock loses half a minute per day, how should you adjust the length of the pendulum?

2

A spring has a mass attached to one, which oscillates with a period of . What is the frequency?

3

A spring has a spring constant of . If a force of is used to stretch out the spring, what is the total displacement of the spring?

4

A mass is placed at the end of a spring. It has a starting velocity of and is allowed to oscillate freely. If the mass has a starting velocity of , what would the period be?

5

A spring is attached to a mass, oscillating freely in simple harmonic motion. What change can be made to increase the period of the oscillation?

6

A man swings a bucket back and forth at the end of a rope, creating a pendulum. What factor could be used to increase the period of the pendulum?

7

What is the period of a simple pendulum long when it is in a freely falling elevator?

8

If a particle undergoes Simple Harmonic motion with an amplitude of . What is the total distance it travels in one period?

9

How long must a simple pendulum be if it is to make exactly one swing per second? (That is one complete oscillation would take 2 seconds.)

10

A pendulum has a period of on Earth. What is its period on Mars, where the acceleration due to gravity is about that on Earth?

Return to subject