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What factors affect the rate at which my spring Oscillates?
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Contents Contents Page 1 Brainstorm Page 2 Hypothesis Page 3 Plan: Diagram and List Of Apparatus Page 5 Method Page 6 Fair Test Page 7 Safety Page 8 Results: Table Of Results Page 9 Graph Page 10 Interpretation Page 13 Evaluation Page 14 Appendix Page 15 Brainstorm Hypothesis I think that the more weight you put on the spring, the more time it will take to make ten oscillations. To explain this I will start off at the beginning. According to Hooke's Law1 the extension is directly proportional to the force loaded onto it. The graph below shows the load and the extension. The line is straight meaning x=y or extension ? load. I think that if you doubled the weight you added to the spring then the extension of the spring will double as well2. I think that this will only happen, though, up until a certain point, because after that the spring will not revert to its original shape3. This point is called the elastic limit. The graph below shows the elastic limit of a...
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