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Which of the following best describes simple harmonic motion?
motion with sinusoidal displacement over time
motion with constant acceleration
motion with constant velocity
motion with increasing velocity
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What is the relationship between acceleration and displacement in simple harmonic motion?
acceleration is proportional to the square of displacement
acceleration is proportional to displacement
acceleration is inversely proportional to displacement
acceleration is unrelated to displacement
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In simple harmonic motion, when is the velocity maximum?
when displacement is zero
when displacement is minimum
when displacement is maximum
when time is minimum
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What is the phase difference between displacement and acceleration in simple harmonic motion?
90°
45°
0°
180°
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As the amplitude of an oscillation increases, what happens to the period in simple harmonic motion?
the period decreases
the period increases proportionally
the period initially increases then plateaus
the period stays constant
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What is the maximum acceleration for an object with angular frequency 10 rad s-1, amplitude 2m undergoing simple harmonic motion?
200 m s-2
100 m s-2
10 m s-2
20 m s-2
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What is the frequency of oscillations if the time period is 0.1 s?
100 Hz
1 Hz
10 Hz
0.1 Hz
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What is the velocity of an object with maximum velocity 10 m s-1 when displacement is 4 m, given the amplitude is 6 m?
0 m/s
6.8 m/s
4.6 m/s
7.5 m/s
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An object has maximum acceleration of 100 m s-2, amplitude 0.5 m and angular frequency 20 rad s-1. What is its maximum velocity?
5 m s-1
20 m s-1
40 m s-1
10 m s-1
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Give 3 ways in which simple harmonic motion applies in the real world.
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Define amplitude and period qualitatively in the context of simple harmonic motion.
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An object is performing simple harmonic motion (SHM) with an amplitude of 0.3 m and an angular frequency of 5 rad s-1. Calculate the maximum velocity of the object.
1 m s-1
2.5 m s-1
0.75 m s-1
1.5 m s-1
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What is the maximum acceleration of an object in SHM if its amplitude is 0.2 m and the angular frequency is 20 rad s-1?
40 m s-2
20 m s-2
4 m s-2
80 m s-2
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An object in SHM has a displacement of 0.1 m from the midpoint at a certain moment. If the amplitude of motion is 0.5 m and the angular frequency is 10 rad s-1, calculate the velocity of the object at this point.
3.0 m s-1
14.9 m s-1
4.9 m s-1
9.5 m s-1
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