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Topic 4.

1 – Oscillation Formative Assessment NAME: ___________________


SGIA Physics Due Date: March 2, 2017
THIS IS A PRACTICE ASSESSMENT. Show formulas, substitutions, answers (in spaces provided) and units!
A 2.0-kg mass is attached to a horizontal spring having a spring constant of 0.50 Nm -1. If set in oscillation
the time for a single cycle is 12.6 s.
1. The mass is pulled 4.0 cm in the positive x-direction
before release, as shown. What are the amplitude,
period, and frequency of the oscillation?
1. ______________, _______________, ________________

2. In the picture place a “V” at all the points where the speed of the mass will be at its maximum.
2. ____In picture_____

3. In the picture place an “A” at all the points where the acceleration of the mass will be at its
maximum. 3. ____In picture_____

4. What is the proportionality constant for this particular system that relates a to –x in the proportion
a  -x that defines SHM? 4. _________________

5. What is the acceleration (in cm s-2) of the mass at x = + 2.00 cm? 5. _________________

6. An identical system is started by placing the mass at 0.0


cm as shown, and given a rightward push at the same
instant the mass in problem 1 is released. What is the
phase difference between the two systems? 6. _________________

The displacement vs. time of a 4.00-


kg mass attached to a spring having
a spring constant of 17.55 Nm -1
undergoing SHM is shown in the
graph.
7. What is the total energy of the
system? 7. _________________

8. What is the potential energy stored in the system at t = 1.25 s? 8. _________________

9. What is velocity of the mass at t = 1.25 s? 9. _________________

10. What is acceleration of the mass at t = 1.25 s? 10. ________________

11. In the graph above, sketch in the displacement vs. time for SHM that is exactly T/ 3 out of phase.
11. ____In graph_____
The displacement vs. time of a particle
undergoing SHM is shown in the graph
to the right.
12. In the graph, sketch in the
displacement vs. time for in-phase
SHM with exactly half the amplitude
of the given SHM. 12. _In graph__

13. In the graph above, sketch in the velocity of the mass vs. time, and label it “V(t).” 13. _In graph__

14. In the graph above, sketch in the acceleration of the mass vs. time, and label it “A(t).”
14. _In graph__

The kinetic energy vs. displacement of a 2.50-kg particle undergoing


SHM on a mass-spring system is shown in the graph to the right.
15. What is the maximum speed of the mass? 15. _______________

16. What is the maximum potential energy stored in the mass-


spring system? 16. ________________

17. What is the spring constant of the spring that is driving the
oscillation? 17. ________________

In the graph to the right, the spring force vs. displacement is shown
for the spring in an oscillating mass-spring system. The mass is 0.75
kg and the amplitude of motion is 2.0 m.
18. What is the value of the spring constant? 18. _______________

19. What is the total energy of the system. 19. _______________

20. How can you tell that the oscillation is that of SHM?

21. What is the maximum speed of the mass? 21. ________________

22. What is the speed of the mass when the displacement is x = -0.50 m? 22. ________________

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