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Reading Quiz Ch 14 (Oscillations)

Reading Question 14.04 

Wavelength is

the time in which an oscillation repeats itself.

the distance in which an oscillation repeats itself.

the distance from one end of an oscillation to the other.

the maximum displacement of an oscillator.

not discussed in Chapter 14.

Reading Question 14.05

 A block of mass m oscillates on a horizontal spring with period T  = 2.0 s. If a second identical block is

glued to the top of the first block, the new period will be

1.4 s.

1.0 s.

2.8 s.

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  4.0 s.

2.0 s.

Reading Question 14.06

Two identical blocks oscillate on different horizontal springs. Which spring has the larger spring

constant?

The blue spring.

There's not enough information to tell.

The red spring.

Reading Question 14.07

On Planet X, a ball on a massless, rigid rod oscillates as a simple pendulum with a period of 2.0 s. If thependulum is taken to the moon of Planet X, where the free-fall acceleration {\it g} is half as big, the period

will be

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2.0 s.

4.0 s.

2.8 s.

1.4 s.

1.0 s.

Reading Question 14.03

The starting conditions of an oscillator are characterized by the

initial acceleration.

 phase constant.

 phase angle.

frequency.

Reading Question 14.02

What term is used to describe an oscillator that “runs down” and eventually stops?  

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  Tired oscillator

Out-of-shape oscillator

Damped oscillator

Resonant oscillator

Driven oscillator

Reading Question 14.01

What is the name of the quantity represented by the symbol ω?

Angular momentum

Angular frequency

Phase constant

Uniform circular motion

Centripetal acceleration