Oscillations covers periodic motion, focusing on Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): motion driven by a restoring force proportional to displacement from equilibrium. This unit covers how to identify SHM, the period and frequency of spring-mass and pendulum systems, how to represent and interpret SHM using position, velocity, and acceleration graphs, and how energy switches between kinetic and potential during oscillation. SHM builds on force and energy concepts from earlier units and applies them to a new, repeating type of motion.
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