Physicsmedium · Past Paper
The phenomenon where a body vibrates with a large amplitude when forced to vibrate at its natural frequency is called what?
AReflection
BRefraction
CResonance
DDiffraction
✓ Correct Answer: C — Resonance
Resonance occurs when the frequency of an external periodic force matches the natural frequency of an object, leading to increased amplitude.
Share this question
More from Physics
- Which equation relates final velocity, initial velocity, acceleration, and time?
- If a man pushes a wall and the wall does not move, the work done is:
- The loudness of sound is directly proportional to the square of its what?
- Light travels from air into glass of RI 1.5. If the wavelength in air is 6000 Angstroms, what is the wavelength in glass?
- A bullet of mass 10g is fired with a velocity of 400 m/s. What is its KE?