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What is the effect of increasing the mass (m) on the period (T) of a mass-spring system?
Increasing the mass increases the period (T).
What is the effect of increasing the spring constant (k) on the period (T) of a mass-spring system?
Increasing the spring constant decreases the period (T).
What is the effect of increasing the length (L) on the period (T) of a simple pendulum?
Increasing the length increases the period (T).
What is the effect of increasing the gravitational acceleration (g) on the period (T) of a simple pendulum?
Increasing gravitational acceleration decreases the period (T).
What happens to the velocity of an object in SHM as it passes through the equilibrium position?
The velocity is at its maximum value.
What happens to the acceleration of an object in SHM at maximum displacement?
The acceleration is at its maximum value and directed towards the equilibrium position.
Compare and contrast the period of a mass-spring system and a simple pendulum.
Mass-Spring: (depends on mass and spring constant). Pendulum: (depends on length and gravity).
Compare kinetic and potential energy in SHM.
Kinetic: Max at equilibrium, zero at max displacement. Potential: Zero at equilibrium, max at max displacement. Total energy is conserved.
Label the mass-spring system diagram.
1: Mass (m), 2: Spring (k), 3: Equilibrium position.
Label the simple pendulum diagram.
1: Length (L), 2: Mass (m), 3: Angle of displacement ().