Stretching a Spring Practical: Force & Extension of a Spring Flashcards

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Q

Setting up the experiment:

  1. Secure a _______________ to the bench using a G-clamp/_______________. Use _____________ to attach two clamps to the clamp stand.
  2. Attach the spring to the ______________, and a ________________________________. Adjust the ruler so that it is ____________, and in _____________ with the top of the ____________.
  3. Attach a horizontal __________ on the _______________________.
A

clamp stand
large mass
two bosses

top clamp
metre ruler to the bottom clamp
vertical
zero level
spring

pointer
bottom of the spring

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  1. ____________________ the unstretched length of the spring.
  2. Hang a 1N _________ on the spring.
  3. Read the _________________________ on the metre ruler.
  4. Continue adding 1N ___________ to the spring and reading the position of the pointer.
  5. Work out the ______________ produced from adding each weight.
  6. ______________ the length of the unstretched spring from each reading.
  7. ______________ on a graph.
A

Measure and record

weight

new position of the pointer

weights

extension

Take away

Plot results

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True or false: Rubber bands produce straight lines on a force/extension graph.

A

False. They do not.

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How do you work out the weight of an unknown object using a force/ extension graph?

  1. Measure the __________________________ when the unknown object is hanging from it.
  2. Read the __________ of the object from the ___________.
A

extension of the spring

weight
graph

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