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Primary 5&6 Science - Interactions

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Date: ___________

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Theme:
Chapter 2:

Interactions
Types of forces
STRETCH IT!

Teaching strategy
Process skills
Time
Stream

Questioning
Recalling, predicting
15 minutes
Standard

Observe the following setup.

Spring

Mass
Meter stick
Table

(a) Name the force that causes the spring to be stretched.

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(b) Name the force in the spring that stretches it.
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(c) The mass in the set-up is gradually increased. Which graph shows how the mass
will affect the spring? Tick your answer.

Extension

Extension

Mass

Extension

Mass

Extension

Mass

Mass

Explain your answer.

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(c) What variable was kept constant in the experiment in (c)? Tick your answer.
Mass added
Type of spring
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Original length of spring

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Theme:
Chapter 2:

Interactions
Types of forces
STRETCH IT!

(a) Weight of the mass

(b) Potential elastic energy
(c) Tick this graph:
Extension

Mass

Reason: When there is no mass added, the spring will not be stretched. So, the graph
will start from (0, 0). When masses are added, the increasing weight will
continue to stretch the spring further. So, the graph will slope with a positive
gradient.
(d)
Mass added

Type of spring

Original length of spring

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