Mass on a Spring: An object attached to an ideal spring executes simple harmonic motion. If you want to double its total energy, you could
A. double the amplitude of vibration.
B. double the force constant (spring constant) of the spring.
C. double both the amplitude and force constant (spring constant).
D. double the mass.
E. double both the mass and amplitude of vibration.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
You are in a place that is extremely hot and dense. You can't see far because your surroundings are opaque to light. Around you, nuclear fusion is converting carbon into oxygen and other elements. Where are you?
A) You are inside a nuclear power plant on Earth. B) You are in the center of a star very much like our Sun. C) You are in the center of a white dwarf. D) You are in the early universe during the era of nucleosynthesis. E) You are in the center of a massive star near the end of its life.
An electron is released from rest at the negative plate of a parallel-plate capacitor. If the distance across the plate is 2.0 mm and the potential difference across the plate is 6.0 V, with what velocity does the electron hit the positive plate? (me = 9.1 × 10^?31 kg, e = 1.6 × 10^?19 C)
a. 2.1E+5 m/s b. 1.5E+12 m/s c. 5.3E+5 m/s d. 1.5E+6 m/s e. 2.1E+6 m/s
Changes in Earth's thermal balance by decreasing the transparency of the atmosphere to insolation can result from ______________ pollution
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In 1928, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) established _______________ official constellations with carefully defined boundaries that together include every part of the sky
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word