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Sample Problems: Oscillations and Waves

Problem Name Multiple-Choice/Short Answer Multiple-Choice/Multiple Response Representation Translation Ranking Tasks Mechanism-Based Reasoning Problems Estimation Problems Qualitative Questions Essay Questions
O1. Where's the force? (*)
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O2. Swinging a (*)
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O3. Graphing a pulse on a string: 1 (*)
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O4. Oscillating energies    
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O5. Oscillating graphs (*)
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O6. Motion in a standing wave
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O7. Overlapping pulses
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O8. Displacement and velocity patterns in waves
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O9. Equations for sinusoidal waves (*)    
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O10. Pendulum graphs(*)  
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O11. Swingin' in the rain          
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O12. To what angle?        
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O13. What's wrong with cos?                
O14. Where is the energy?    
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O15. The damped oscillator        
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O16. Catching a pellet and oscillating        
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O17. Bungee jump (*)        
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O18. Waves and velocities
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O19. Making a pulse move (*)    
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O20. Comparing waves    
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O21. Combining pulses (*)
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O22. Moving a non-symmetric triangular pulse (*)    
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O23. Which wave is which?
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O24. Spring vs. string              
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O25. Parsing a pulse            
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O26. Modified harmonics
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O27. Spring vs. string: graphs  
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O28. Explaining the wave equation              
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O29. Propagating a Gaussian pulse    
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O30. Varying a pulse (*)  
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O31. Interpreting an oscillatory equation    
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O32. Reflecting on a textbook error            
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O33. Building a pipe organ        
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O34. Arranging the patio speakers        
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O35. Graphing a pulse on a string: 2
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O36. Moving with the pulse (*)    
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O37. Cancelling pulses (*)            
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O38. The online mass-spring lab (*)    
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O39. Hanging mass on a spring    
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O40. Doing the wave              
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O41. Without missing a beat! (*)    
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O42. SHO Energies    
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O43. Oscillating spring video (*)    
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O44. Pulse at a boundary
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