Physics Aviary capacitor lab

What is the voltage across the capacitor at the instant the switch is thrown?

• Equal to the voltage of the battery

• Equal to the voltage across the resistor

• 0 V

• none of these is correct

What is the voltage across the resistor at the instant the switch is thrown?

• Equal to the voltage of the battery

• Equal to the voltage across the capacitor

• 0 V

• none of these is correct

What happens to the voltage of the battery during the experiment?

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

What happens to the voltage of the capacitor during the experiment?

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

What happens to the voltage of the resistor during the experiment?

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

How can you tell when the capacitor is fully charged? Select all that apply.

• The current increases to a maximum value

• The voltage of the battery drops by half

• The current drops to zero

• The voltage across the resistor drops to zero

• The voltage across the capacitor drops to zero

After a "long time," what happens to the voltage across the capacitor?

• It matches the V of the battery

• It matches the V of the resistor

• The V is perfectly shared between the capacitor and the resistor

What is the unit of capacitance?

• Coulombs

• Teslas

• Farads

• Lux

What is the unit of charge?

• Coulombs

• Teslas

• Farads

• Lux

What does a capacitor store? Check all that apply.

• energy

• charge

• force

• voltage

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5