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Phys chapter 12AB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Work | Force * Distance |
| Work may be done by | Linear or repetitive motion |
| Vibrations | Small or rapid |
| Oscillations | Large and slow |
| Periodic motion | repeats at a constant rate |
| Periodic motion alternates between | Mechanical potential energy and Kinetic energy |
| An example of a periodically oscillating system | Pendulum |
| Resting Position | When hangs straight down and being pulled by gravity |
| Amplitutde | Farthest position away from resting position. Reached twice as the system goes through resting position and to the other side. A spring is also an example. |
| Measured in seconds; The time it takes to complete one cycle of a system | Period |
| The rate at which cycles repeat; measured in hertz | Frequency |
| The pull that wants to restore the string to resting position | Restoring Force |
| Restoring force happens whenever an object is | not at rest |
| The farther away from the rest the | greater the restoring force |
| the more massive, the more slowly it will vibrate and the longer its period will be because it takes longer to go through one cycle | Mass |
| The effect of friction on periodic motion - making the amplitude get smaller over time; without this, objects would continue to vibrate forever. | Damping |
| The opposite of damping - making the amplitude get bigger over time | Resonance |
| Mass attched to an arm at a pivot point the swings under the influence of gravity | Pendulums |