Required Practical: Investigating Force & Extension (OCR GCSE Physics A (Gateway Science Suite)): Flashcards

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Required Practical: Investigating Force & Extension
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Law investigated in force-extension practical

Hooke's law

Material used in force-extension practical

Spring

What's added to spring in practical

Masses

What's measured with each mass added

Extension

Shape of force-extension graph line

Directly proportional

Gradient of force-extension graph equals

Spring constant

Cause of inaccurate measurement in practical

Human error

Limit not to exceed when stretching spring

Elastic limit

Force-extension relationship past elastic limit

No longer proportional

Spring after elastic limit exceeded

Doesn't return to original size

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