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Sketch graphs to show how each of the following quantities changes during the course of a single complete oscillation of an undamped pendulum: kinetic energy, potential energy, total energy.

Important Questions on Oscillations

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State how your graphs would be different for a lightly damped pendulum.
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List three examples of situations where resonance is a problem, and three others where resonance is useful. In each case, state what the oscillating system is and what forces it to resonate.

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A mass, hung from a spring, oscillates with simple harmonic motion. Which statement is correct?

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The bob of a simple pendulum has a mass of 0.40kg. The pendulum oscillates with a period of 2.0s and an amplitude of 0.15m.At one point in its cycle it has a potential energy of 0.020 J.What is the kinetic energy of the pendulum bob at this point?

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State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion. A basketball being bounced repeatedly on the ground.

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State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: A guitar string vibrating

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State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: A conducting sphere vibrating between two parallel, oppositely charged metal plates.

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State and justify whether the following oscillators show simple harmonic motion: The pendulum of a grandfather clock