Physics Test 9(A)
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nicole92bell on May 22, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a swinging swing, the pendulum in a clock, a vibrating piano string | examples of periodic motion |
| zero | when an object on a spring is at its equilibrium position, what is its acceleration? |
| the medium through which it travels | the speed of a mechanical wave depends on__________ |
| parallel | a longitude wave vibrates _____ to the direction of the wave's motion |
| fewer antinodes and nodes will be produced | if you decrease the frequency of vibration used to produce a standing wave, what will result? |
| destructive interference will occur | when two waves with displacements in the opposite direction exist in the same place at the same time, what will be the effect? |
| displacement, equilibrium | amplitude is the maximum _____ from the _____ position |
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