Displacement, velocity and acceleration graphs for SHM Quiz
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1. An oscillator is released from maximum positive displacement. What is its acceleration at that moment?
- A. Aω² towards equilibrium
- B. Zero
- C. Aω² away from equilibrium
- D. Aω towards equilibrium
2. At which point in the cycle is the gradient of the velocity–time graph zero?
- A. At maximum displacement
- B. At the end of the oscillation only
- C. When x = 0
- D. When the acceleration is a maximum
3. Which graph is in antiphase with the displacement–time graph?
- A. Velocity–time
- B. Neither
- C. Both
- D. Acceleration–time
4. The displacement–time graph has a period of 0.40 s and an amplitude of 0.020 m. What is the maximum speed?
- A. 0.050 m s⁻¹
- B. 0.31 m s⁻¹
- C. 0.13 m s⁻¹
- D. 5.0 m s⁻¹
5. How is the displacement-time graph related to the velocity-time graph?
- A. Velocity is the area under the displacement–time graph
- B. They are identical in shape and phase
- C. Displacement is the gradient of the velocity–time graph
- D. Velocity is the gradient of the displacement–time graph