Simple Harmonic Motion
If two objects collide in an isolated system and stick together after the collision, which of the following must remain constant before and after the collision?
Total linear momentum of both objects
Total kinetic energy of both objects
Velocity of each object
Mass of each object
If the amplitude of a simple harmonic oscillator is quadrupled, its total mechanical energy will _____
increase 16 times
increase 2 times
increase 4 times
increase 8 times
What form does all potential and kinetic horizontal motion in simple harmonic motion for springs convert into upon reaching maximum compression or extension?
Elastic potential energy
Gravitational potential energy
Mechanical energy
Electromagnetic potential energy
When an object performing simple harmonic motion on a spring system reaches one end of its path, what kind of energy is temporarily stored in the spring?
Thermal energy
Elastic potential energy
Kinetic energy
Sound energy
How would doubling only the amplitude affect total mechanical energy in an undamped harmonic oscillator where all other variables remain fixed?
It doubles
The total mechanical energy remains unchanged
It triples
It quadruples
A weight of mass is at rest at when suspended from a spring. When it is pulled down and released, it oscillates between two positions. Which statement about the system consisting of the spring and the mass is correct?
The elastic potential energy of the system is greatest at .
The rate of change of gravitational potential energy is smallest at .
The gravitational potential energy of the system is greatest at .
The rate of change of momentum has its greatest magnitude at and .
In the motion of a simple mass-spring oscillator, acceleration is at its maximum at _____
the equilibrium point
either endpoint
the point between the equilibrium point and either endpoint
only the positive endpoint

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Elastic potential energy can be determined using the equation
What phase difference exists between displacement and acceleration for an object undergoing simple harmonic motion?
Incorrect Option 2
No phase difference; they are completely in-phase.
Incorrect Option 1
radians or equivalently, half cycle out-of-phase.
In a frictionless pendulum, where is the kinetic energy at its maximum?
Kinetic energy is constant throughout the swing.
At the lowest point of its swing.
Halfway between the highest and lowest points.
At the highest point of its swing.
