MYP Physics · 10 · extended response
Playground swing resonance
Sound and oscillation · Original GioPhysics question with a detailed, mark-by-mark answer guide.
- Demand
- demanding
- Marks
- 6
- Topics
- 1
- Answer
- Complete
Question6 marks
Explain why small, correctly timed pushes can make a playground swing reach a large amplitude, and why mistimed pushes do not.
Task interpretation
What a complete response should do
Organise the response into a logical argument, linking the physics principle to the evidence and conclusion.
Split the problem into linked stages and state why each relationship applies.
- Response type
- extended response
- Allocation
- 6 marks
- Demand
- demanding
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