Solar Panels Test

If I wanted to increase the voltage flowing through the circuit, how would I add another battery?

• In series
• In parallel

What is the electrical potential difference or electrical tension measured in units of electrical potential. It is equal to the work that would have been done, per unit charge, against a static electric field to move the charge between two points.

• Voltage
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect

What is radiant light and heat from the sun?

• Solar Energy
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect

Which configuration allows voltage to increase and current to be the same as the lowest current-carrying device?

• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect
• Ohm's Law

What is the creation of voltage or electric current in a material upon exposure to light?

• Photovoltaic Effect
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Ohm's Law

What states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across two points?

• Ohm's Law
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect

Which configuration allows current to increase and voltage to be the average of all device voltages?

• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect
• Ohm's Law

What is the percentage of solar energy shining on a PV device that is converted into electrical energy?

• Conversion Efficiency
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect

What is the flow of electric charge through a conductive medium?

• Current
• Series Connected Solar Cells
• Parallel Connected Solar Cells
• Solar Insolation
• Photovoltaic Effect

You have a 6V, 400mA solar powered water pump. How many cells and in what configuration would you need to supply power to the pump? Each solar cell is rated at 3V and 200mA. Check all that apply.

• 2 cells in series
• 2 cells in parallel
• 2 sets of 2 cells in series
• 2 sets of 2 cells in parallel