Can you please give me a prediction for the Hooke's Law experiment?

Question

Please make it sound understandable, simple but not too simple. Thanks.

Answer 1

A force applied to a spring by adding a weight to it will cause the spring to stretch in proportion to the applied force. If the force is removed and the spring returns to its original size, the material of the spring is said to be elastic. If the spring does not return to its original size, the material is said to be non-elastic. The elastic limit is the maximum amount of force that can be applied without deforming the material to the point at which it becomes non-elastic.

For example, if a spring is stretched by 2 cm by a weight of 1 N, it will be stretched by 4 cm by a weight of 2 N, and so on. However, once the load exceeds the elastic limit for the spring, Hooke's law will no longer be obeyed and each successive increase in weight will result in a greater extension until finally the spring breaks.

Answer 2

That the amount of stretch of a spring (or piece of wire)will be directly proportional to the load(or weight!)on the spring.The law means that provided the spring is not damaged by overstraining then the spring will stretch(or shrink) the same amount each time the same load is applied and will stretch twice as much with twice the load;5 times as much with 5 times the load.A graph of load versus extension will be a straight line(except at the very start of the experiment where kinks and buckles need to be straightened).

Answer 3

Hooke's Law isn't a 'law', it's a first-order series approximation that is valid for only a restricted range of values.

Example: You would not expect a spring from say...an ordinary ink pen to survive if you hung a bowling ball from it....would you?   lol

For the operational range of Hooke's 'Law', it simply means that whatever weight you hang from the spring, doubling the weight will double the amount the spring stretches. Tripling the weight triples the distance stretched, and so on.

Answer 4

for a spring the extension is directly proportional to the weight or mass added to it

Answer 5

Do your own homework