Practical: Investigating Hooke's Law | GCSE Physics
Learn the methodology for investigating the relationship between force and extension of a spring.
How do you measure extension accurately?
What is Practical: Investigating Hooke's Law | GCSE Physics?
"An investigation into the relationship between force and extension for a spring."
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Spring Practical
IV: Weight (Force) added to the spring.
DV: Extension of the spring.
CV: The same spring, same measuring technique.
Measure natural length, then total length, then subtract to find extension.
Practical Skill: Always hang the ruler vertically and use a set-square (pointer) to avoid parallax errors when reading extension.
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