Chapter 12 Weight and stretching

Q.I) Multiple choice questions. Tick the correct answer from the options given below.
1. The table shows the weight in newtons of a10 kg mass on each of four planets.

The diagram shows a force meter (spring balance) being used.

On which planet is the force meter (spring balance) being used?

a. Earth
b. Jupiter
c. Mercury
d. Venus
2. Which property of an object cannot be changed by a force?
a. its mass
b. its motion
c. its shape
d. its size
3. The graph shows how weight varies with mass on planet P and on planet Q.

An object weighs 400 N on planet P. The object is taken to planet Q.

Which row is correct?

4. An experiment is carried out to measure the extension of a rubber band for different
loads. The results are shown below.

Which figure is missing from the table?

a. 17.2
b. 17.3
c. 17.4
d. 17.6
5. The reading on a spring balance with a holder and eight identical discs is 3.0 N.
Six discs are removed and the reading becomes 1.2 N.

What is the weight of one disc?

a. 0.2 N
b. 0.3 N
c. 0.5 N
d. 0.6 N
6. The extension / load graph for a spring is shown. The unloaded length of the spring is
15.0 cm.

When an object of unknown weight is hung on the spring, the length of the spring is 16.4
cm. What is the weight of the object?
a. 0.55 N
b. 0.67 N
c. 3.5 N
d. 4.1 N

Q.II) Answer the following.

1. Four students, A, B, C and D, each have a spring. They measure the lengths of their
springs when the springs are stretched by different loads.
Their results are shown in Fig. 1.1.

Fig. 1.1
(a) (i) State which student had loaded the spring beyond the limit of proportionality.
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(ii) Explain how you obtained your answer to (a)(i).
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(b) For the spring used by student A, calculate
(i) the extra extension caused by each additional 0.5 N,
extra extension = ................................................
(ii) the unloaded length of the spring.

unloaded length =................................................

(c) Student A obtains a second spring that is identical to his first spring. He hangs the two
springs side by side, as shown in Fig. 1.2.

Fig.1.2.
Use the table to calculate the length of each of the springs when a load of 2.5 N is hung as
shown in Fig. 1.2. Show your working.
length = .................................................
2. A spring is hung from a support. A load, hung on the spring, makes it extend.
Describe how you would use a ruler to measure the extension.
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Q.III) Alternative to practical

1.

A spring is hung from a support. A load, hung on the spring, makes it extend.
The lengths of the spring are found for loads of various weights. From these lengths, the
extensions are calculated. Most of the results are shown in the table below.

Fig.1.1

(i) Calculate the two missing values and insert them in the table.

(ii) On Fig. 1.1, plot the values of extension against load, but do not draw the line yet.

Fig. 1.1
(iii) A mistake was made with one of the length values.
State the value of the length that is incorrect. ..................................................
(iv) Ignoring the value in (iii), draw the best-fit straight line through your points and the
origin.
(v) Complete the following sentences.
Within the limits of the experiment, when the load doubles, the extension of the spring
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The straight-line graph through the origin shows that the extension and the load are
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