13/09/2020

Measuring length and time

The appropriate instruments to measure these are:
• The length of a textbook: Ruler
• The height of a person: Measuring tape
• The length of a racetrack: Measuring tape
• The size of a bacterial cell: Microscope
• The thickness of a coin: Micrometer screw gauge
• The distance to the moon: Using light
State Hooke’s law: Force is proportional to the displacement of the spring: extension
Define extension: Length of spring without weight subtracted by the length of spring with
weight
Define spring constant: Force need to extend the spring by a certain distance
State the units of spring constant: N/m or N/cm
Describe the limit of proportionality on an extension-load graph: This occurs when the
weight permanently displaces the spring and results in a straight line in the graph
What does force is proportional to extension mean? The higher the force the higher the
extension they directly linked
What does a directly proportional relationship look like in a graph? It’s a straight line in a
graph.

This is how you calculate the

gradient of a graph.
Kinetic energy= ½ mv2
In a micrometer the anvil does
not move but the spindle does.
We read the barrel scale by
looking at the edge of the part
that turns called the thimble. In
the scale the marks above the
line are millimeter and the marks
below the line have half
millimeters. To read the 0.1mm’s
we must read through the thimble scale and add the value from the thimble scale to the
barrel scale
Books Length (mm)
Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3
Y9 Math Book 12mm 12mm 12mm

Average= 12mm
Length per page = 12mm/278= 0.043mm = 4.3 x 10 2