Boingy Things Wavey Stuff Random Crap
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What is the spring constant?
This characteristic of a spring is measured in newtons per meter...
100
What is wavelength?
The distance from one wave crest to the next...
100
What is its equilibrium position?
An oscillating spring will achieve its maximum velocity at this point...
200
What is Hooke's Law?
F = -kx
200
What is frequency?
The number of wave crests (or troughs) in one second...
200
What are different pitches?
Different frequencies of sound can be heard as this...
300
What is the amplitude?
This variable does NOT affect the period of a spring's oscillation...
300
What is its velocity?
A wave's wavelength divided by its period...
300
What is the wave speed?
The amplitude of a wave will not affect this...
400
What is 1/2kA^2
If you stretch a spring, this is the expression for its total energy at the instant of release...
400
What is the medium?
The material through which energy is being transmitted...
400
What is the cosine?
If a spring is stretched and then released at time zero, this trig function describes its motion...
500
What is simple harmonic motion?
If the restoring force on an object is proportional to its distance from equilibrium, the object is exhibiting this...
500
What is damping?
This describes energy being lost during transmission...
500
What is resonance?
If energy is forced into a system at the system's natural frequency, this effect is achieved...






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