Junior Lyceum Annual Examinations In Physics Form 5 - 2011 Page 7

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Section B.
This Section carries 45 marks
6.
This question is about the design of an experiment to study Hooke’s Law.
Describe an experiment to study Hooke’s Law through the behaviour of a spring
without permanently deforming it.
a. i. a labelled diagram of the experimental set-up,
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ii.
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a brief description of the method,
iii.
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a table of results showing the two measurements which must be taken and recorded,
iv.
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a sketch of the expected graph,
v.
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the conclusion from your expected results,
vi.
two precautions which must be taken during this investigation.
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b.
Given that the spring elastic limit is 5N, calculate the greatest mass in kg which can be
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applied to this spring without damaging it.
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