Springs

The diagram shown here represent a block suspended from a spring. The spring is stretched 0.200 meter. If the spring constant is 200 newtons per meter, what is the weight of the block?

• 40.0 N

• 20.0 N

• 8.00 N

• 4.00 N

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A 0.10-meter spring is stretched from equilibrium to position A and hen to position B as shown in the diagram. Compared to the spring's potential energy at A, what is the potential energy at B?

• the same

• twice as great

• half as great

• four times as great

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

What is the spring constant of a spring of negligible mass which gained 8 joules of potential energy as a result of being compressed 0.4 meter?

• 100 N/m

• 50 N/m

• 0.3 N/m

• 40 N/m

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NGSS.HS-PS3-2

A spring of negligible mass with a spring constant of 200 newtons per meter is stretched 0.2 meter. How much potential energy is stored in the spring?

• 40 J

• 20 J

• 8 J

• 4 J

The graph represents the relationship between the force applied to a spring and the elongation of the spring. What is the spring constant?

• 20 N/m

• 9.8 N/kg

• 0.80 Nm

• 0.050 m/N

Which graph best represents the relationship between the elongation of an ideal spring and the applied force?

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Which graph below shown represents the relationship between the potential energy stored in the spring (PE) and the change in the length of the spring from its equilibrium position (X)?

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A 20-newton weight is attached to a spring, causing it to stretch, as shown in the diagram. What is the spring constant of this spring?

• 0.050 N/m

• 0.25 N/m

• 20 N/m

• 40 N/m

The diagram below shows a 0.1-kilogram apple attached to a branch of a tree 2 meters above a spring on the ground below. The apple falls and hits the spring, compressing it 0.1 meter from its rest position. If all of the gravitational potential energy of the apple on the tree is transferred to the spring when it is compressed, what is the spring constant of this spring?

• 10 N/m

• 40 N/m

• 100 N/m

• 400 N/m

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The accompanying graph shows elongation as a function of the applied force for two springs, A and B. Compared to the spring constant for spring A, the spring constant for spring B is

• smaller

• larger

• the same