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A bob is the weight on the end of a pendulum. It can take any shape, but is most often depicted as being round.
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What is a pendulum bob?
The bob is the weight on the end of the pendulum.
What is the bob of a pendulum?
The bob is the weight at the end of the pendulum. For example, in a grandfather clock the ball at the end of the stick is the bob.
The weight on a pendulum is called?
The weight on a pendulum is a 'mass' or a 'bob'.
What happens to time period of a simple pendulum if a heavy body is attached to it instead of bob?
The period of a simple pendulum is independent of the mass of the bob. Keep in mind that the size of the bob does affect the length of the pendulum.
WHAT IS the term for the mass at the end of a pendulum?
The mass at the end of the pendulum is the bob
What does a bob look like?
The BOB car has been designed to look like Bob the Builder.
What is meant by bob in physics?
I THINK BOB REFERS TO THE BALL IN THE PENDULUM
What are the parts of a pendulum?
There are three parts to a pendulum. The bearing, the bob, and the string or wire supportig it.
What does a BOB car look like?
The BOB car has been designed to look like Bob the Builder.
Rosa's family has a grandfather clock with a pendulum The clock is not keeping time correctly because the pendulum is swinging too quickly What could Rosa do to slow down the pendulum swing?
To slow down a swinging clock pendulum, one must make it longer. In mechanical clocks, the majority of the mass of the pendulum is contained in the "bob" (a disk or weight) usually at the bottom of the pendulum. If you lower the pendulum bob, the pendulum is lengthened and the pendulum runs slower. This is usually done by turning a nut on a threaded portion of the pendulum just below the bob. Make sure the bob drops as you lower the nut or nothing will change. To raise the rate of the pendulum (make it run faster), you just turn the nut the opposite way.
How does a pendulum bob filled with sand and a hole at bottom affect the time period?
At the extremities of the pendulum's swing, the sand leaving the bob could exert a force on the bob. Provided that this force is negligible and also, provided the mass of the bob (with or without the sand) is large compared with the rest of the pendulum, the time period should not be affected.
What effect does decreasing the weight of the bob have on the period of the pendulum?
The weight of the bob will determine how long the pendulum swings before coming to rest in the absence of applied forces. The period, or time of 1 oscillation, is determined only by the length of the pendulum.
