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Investigate different combinations of springs. I.e. springs in series and springs in parallel.
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AT1 Assessment: springs TASK: Investigate different combinations of springs. I.e. springs in series and springs in parallel. IDEAS: SERIES IDEA I think that when I connect springs in series that the extension will increase/double in size because if you use double the amount of springs then you'd double the natural length. If you add a weight, the weight will pull the first spring and the first spring would pull the second. PARALLEL IDEA I think that when I connect springs in parallel the extension will decrease/halve in size because if you add a 100g weight between two springs the weight would be evenly distributed between the two, so each have 50g each, so therefore only stretch half the distance than before. SCIENTIFIC THEORY AND UNDERSTANDING HOOKE'S LAW Hooke's law states that the extension of a spring is proportional to the load applied provided the elastic limit is not exceeded. F=K*X F= load (N) K= spring constant (N/M) X= extension (m) HOW DO MATERIALS STRETCH? STRETCHING...
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