Q3. A student investigated the relationship between the force applied to a 2 points spring and the extension of the spring. This is the method used. 1. Hang a
spring from a rod.2. Hang a mass from the spring.3. Measure the extension
of the spring.4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 using different masses. (a) Give two
ways in which the appearance of the spring has changed.
Figure 1 shows a spring before and after a mass had been hung from it
Figure 1
Before
After
Metro rule
Spring
00D
.B
8
Mass
D
(a)
Give two ways in which the appearance of the spring has changed
Your answer
The extension of the spring is the distance between which two points on
the metre rule? Use letters from the diagram in Figure 1.
1 point