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Ch 13 :Sec 13.

1 extra practice sheet

1-What does the spring constant k measure?


A. Stiffness of the spring B. Length of the spring C. Mass of the object D. Velocity of the object

2-When the object is to the right of the equilibrium position, what is the sign of x?
A. Positive B. Negative C. Zero D. Undefined

3-What is the restoring force in a spring?


A. Force that maintains the object's speed
B. Force that pulls the object towards equilibrium
C. Force that pushes the object away from equilibrium
D. Force that causes the object to overshoot the equilibrium position

4-What is simple harmonic motion?


A. Motion that repeats over the same path
B. Motion that follows a straight line
C. Motion that varies randomly
D. Motion that changes direction constantly

5-What is the amplitude of motion?


A. Maximum speed reached by the object
B. Maximum distance from the equilibrium position
C. Total distance travelled by the object
D. Total time taken for one complete cycle

6-What is the period of motion?


A. Maximum distance of the object from equilibrium
B. Time taken for one complete cycle of motion
C. Number of complete cycles per unit time or Reciprocal of the amplitude
D. Maximum speed of the object

7-What is the frequency of motion?


A. Maximum speed of the object
B. Number of complete cycles per unit time
C. Number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time
D. B & C

8-What is the formula for acceleration in simple harmonic motion?


A. a = kx B. a = k/m C. a = 2kx D. a = -kx/m

9-If a mass of 0.75 kg attached to a vertical spring stretches the spring 5.0 m from its original
equilibrium position, what is the spring constant?
A. 0.15 N/m
B. 5 N/m
C. 2.0 N/m
D. 1.47 N/m
10-Which of the following motions is not an example of simple harmonic motion?
A. Pendulum swinging
B. Ball being tossed back and forth
C. Object attached to a spring moving horizontally
D. Object suspended from a vertical spring

11-What happens to the speed of the object as it moves toward the equilibrium position?
A. It increases B. It decreases C. It remains constant D. It becomes zero

12-What is the direction of the spring force when the object is to the left of the equilibrium position?
A. To the left
B. To the right
C. Upward
D. Downward

13-A block on the end of a horizontal spring is pulled from equilibrium at x =0 to x = A and released.
Through what total distance does it travel in one full cycle of its motion?

A. A/2 B. A C .2A D.4A

14-For a simple harmonic oscillator, which of the following pairs of vector quantities can’t both point
in the same direction? (The position vector is the displacement from equilibrium.)

A. position and velocity


B. velocity and acceleration
C. position and acceleration

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16-If the mass is displaced –0.35 m from its equilibrium position, the restoring force is 7.0 N. What is the
spring constant?

A. 5.0  10–2 N/m B. 5.0  10–2 N/m

C, 2.0  101 N/m D. 2.0  101 N/m


17-In what form is the energy in the system when the mass passes through the equilibrium point?

A. elastic potential energy

B. gravitational potential energy

C. kinetic energy

D. a combination of two or more of the above

Problems :

1.A load of 45 N attached to a spring that is hanging vertically stretches the spring 0.14 m. What is
the spring constant?

2.A slingshot consists of a light leather cup attached between two rubber bands. If it takes a force of
32 N to stretch the bands 1.2 cm, what is the equivalent spring constant of the two rubber bands?

3.How much force is required to pull a spring 3.0 cm from its equilibrium position if the spring
constant is 2.7 × 103 N/m

4-A 0.350 kg object attached to a spring of force constant 1.30 x102 N/m is free to move on a frictionless
horizontal surface.

a.If the object is released from rest at x = 0.100 m, find the force on it

b. find its acceleration at x=0.100 m, x = 0.050 0 m, x =0 m

5-A spring is hung vertically and an object of mass m attached to the lower end is then slowly lowered a
distance d to the equilibrium point .

(a) Find the value of the spring constant if the magnitude of the displacement d is 2.0 cm and the mass
is 0.55 kg.

6-Will doubling a given displacement always result in doubling the magnitude of the spring force?
Explain.

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1. What does the spring constant k measure? A. Stiffness of the spring
2. When the object is to the right of the equilibrium position, what is the sign
of x? A. Positive
3. What is the restoring force in a spring? B. Force that pulls the object
towards equilibrium
4. What is simple harmonic motion? A. Motion that repeats over the same
path
5. What is the amplitude of motion? B. Maximum distance from the
equilibrium position
6. What is the period of motion? B. Time taken for one complete cycle of
motion
7. What is the frequency of motion? B. Number of complete cycles per unit
time
8. What is the formula for acceleration in simple harmonic motion? D. a = -kx
9. What is the range of acceleration in simple harmonic motion? B. 2kA/m to
k/m
10. Which of the following motions is not an example of simple harmonic
motion? B. Ball being tossed back and forth
11. What happens to the speed of the object as it moves toward the equilibrium
position? B. It decreases
12. What is the direction of the spring force when the object is to the left of the
equilibrium position? A. To the left
13. A block on the end of a horizontal spring is pulled from equilibrium at x = 0
to x = A and released. Through what total distance does it travel in one full
cycle of its motion? C. 2A
14. For a simple harmonic oscillator, which of the following pairs of vector
quantities can’t both point in the same direction? (The position vector is the
displacement from equilibrium.) B. velocity and acceleration

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