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title: Swings and pendulums — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Physics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Swings and pendulums» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Swings and pendulums

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The 15 questions of lesson 10 «Swings and pendulums» of the physics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t1/) — My mate says if you push the swing harder it'll go back and forth way faster. right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t2/) — What would happen to a swing in a room with no air and perfect hinges? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t3/) — In Newton's cradle you swing two balls in. What happens? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t4/) — you're at the top of the swing and your tummy goes weird. why — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t5/) — Your grandfather clock runs slow. Which way do you move the weight? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t6/) — A pendulum is made four times longer. What happens to its swing time? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t7/) — In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody pushing. Is that real? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t8/) — Why must the area round a wrecking ball be cleared of people? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t9/) — More water in the singing glass. What happens to the note? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t10/) — How is a roller coaster like a swing? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t11/) — Which would swing back and forth the fastest? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the determinant of the period of a simple pendulum of modest amplitude? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which a body of soldiers is instructed to break step upon crossing a bridge. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/e3/) — It is given that a child is seated upon a swing in motion. Ascertain the position at which the speed of the swing is greatest. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/e4/) — Determine the effect upon the period of a swing of the substitution of a heavier rider for a lighter rider. — wrong ✗ · exam

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