Graph Test Question 9

Question #9:

The following graph is for the elastic potential energy of a spring. The y-axis represents the potential energy of the spring, and the x-axis represents the distance that the spring is compressed.

Graph for question 1 

     MIDI     WAV

Choose the sentence that is the best interpretation of the graph:


A: The elastic potential energy increases as the square of the distance that the spring is compressed.
B: The elastic potential energy is increasing linearly with the distance the spring is compressed.
C: The elastic potential energy of the spring remains constant.
D: The total energy of the spring remains constant.
E: The elastic potential energy is decreasing.

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Last modified October 20, 1997.