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What Cambridge says you should be able to do, in our words. Codes are the topic number plus the objective’s position.
Understand that tensile or compressive forces cause deformation.
Forces and deformations are taken to be one-dimensional only.
Taught in: Tension and compression: how forces change shape · 2 questions
Understand and use the terms load, extension, compression and limit of proportionality.
Taught in: Tension and compression: how forces change shape, Hooke's law: twice the load, twice the extension · 6 questions
Recall and use Hooke’s law.
Taught in: Hooke's law: twice the load, twice the extension · 4 questions
Recall and use k = F / x for the spring constant.
Taught in: The spring constant: how stiff is it? · 6 questions
Define stress, strain and the Young modulus, and use these terms.
Taught in: Stress and strain: making the comparison fair, The Young modulus: a fingerprint for a material · 13 questions
Describe an experiment to find the Young modulus of a metal using a sample in the form of a wire.
Taught in: Measuring the Young modulus of a metal wire · 6 questions