WorksheetsPhysics-6 Stretching and compressing-Preview
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hooke's Law describes the behaviour of which kind of material under tension?
a)
plastic
b)
metals only
c)
elastic
d)
non-metals only
2.
An unstretched spring becomes longer when a force is applied to it. Which word describes the additional length of the spring gains?
a)
Expansion
b)
Extension
c)
Stretched
3.
A deformation is a change in _________.
a)
Speed
b)
shape
c)
direction
4.
If F is force, k is spring constant and x is extension, Hooke's Law tells us that:
a)
F=k/x
b)
x=Fk
c)
k=Fx
d)
F=kx
5.
Which object has elastic potential energy?
a)
a hanging leaf
b)
a burning coal
c)
a rolling ball
d)
a stretched bow
6.
Which one is elastic material?
a)
b)
7.
Which one is elastic material?
a)
b)
8.
Elasticity is the ability to stretch and . . .
a)
not fall
b)
not bad
c)
not break
9.
Which one is not deformed?
a)
stretched
b)
compressed
c)
twisted
d)
held
10.
Weights are hung on the end of the spring -- these are referred to as the ____.
a)
load
b)
origin
c)
solid
d)
limit
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