Skip to content

Course home

Hooke's law and stiffness

Card 1 of 23

What is the difference between a tensile force and a compressive force?

A
  • Tensile forces squash an object.
  • Compressive forces stretch an object.
B
  • Tensile forces bend an object.
  • Compressive forces twist an object.
C
  • Tensile forces stretch an object.
  • Compressive forces stretch an object.
D
  • Tensile forces stretch an object.
  • Compressive forces squash an object.

Card 1 of 23

Hooke's law and stiffness Flashcards

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Hooke's law and stiffness

23 flashcards on Edexcel A Level Physics Hooke's law and stiffness: the key terms, definitions and equations you need to recall for Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3.

Flashcards