Springs!

The harder you pull on a spring, the farther it stretches. The ratio of applied force to distance stretched (F/x) is:

• bigger for larger forces

• constant

• smaller for larger forces

The restoring force on a spring depends on how much mass you attach to the spring

• true

• false

The period of oscillation of a spring depends on how much mass you attach to it.

• true

• false

The period of oscillation of a pendulum depends on how much mass you hang on it

• true

• false

In the spring equation, F = - kx, F stands for (check all that apply)

• force

• spring constant

• how strong the spring is

• how much the spring is stretched

In the spring equation, F = - kx, x stands for (check all that apply)

• force

• spring constant

• how strong the spring is

• how much the spring is stretched

In the spring equation, F = - kx, k stands for (check all that apply)

• force

• spring constant

• how strong the spring is

• how much the spring is stretched

The period of oscillation of a spring depends on how far you stretch it

• true

• false

The period of oscillation of a spring depends the strength or stiffness of the spring

• true

• false

Relative to a softer spring, a stiffer spring has

• a shorter period

• the same period

• a longer period