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Electricity Essentials

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct definition of electric current?

a)

The amount of electrons in a wire.

b)

The number of electrons per second passing through a wire.

c)

The amount of charge passing a point each second.

d)

The amount of particles passing a point in a charged wire per second.

2.

Which of the following is/are correct for current?

a)

I=ΔQΔtI=\frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta t}

b)

I=ΔtΔQI=\frac{\Delta t}{\Delta Q}

c)

I=NqtI=\frac{Nq}{t}

d)

I=ΔQ×ΔtI=\Delta Q\times\Delta t

e)

I=ΔN×ΔtqI=\frac{\Delta N\times\Delta t}{q}

3.

Which formula correctly states Kirchhoff's current law for the diagram?

a)

 I1=I2−I3I_1=I_2-I_3  

b)

 I3=I1+I2I_3=I_1+I_2  

c)

 I1=I2+I3I_1=I_2+I_3  

d)

 I2=I1+I3I_2=I_1+I_3  

4.

What is Kirchhoff's current law?

a)

The current flowing through a junction must always add up.

b)

Charge in a circuit is always conserved at a junction.

c)

The current flowing in to a junction equals the current flowing out of a junction.

d)

The sum of the currents at a junction must equal the sum of the raisins.

5.

Which of the following is/are units of current?

a)

A

b)

As-1

c)

Cs-1

d)

Qs-1

6.

Potential difference is...

a)

the force that pushes electrons round a circuit.

b)

the potential energy of the charges in the circuit.

c)

the the difference in potential energy between two points.

d)

the difference in potential energy per unit charge.

e)

the difference in potential energy per coulomb per second.

7.

The formula for potential difference is...

a)

V=ΔWΔtV=\frac{\Delta W}{\Delta t}

b)

V=ΔQΔtV=\frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta t}

c)

V=ΔQΔWV=\frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta W}

d)

V=ΔWΔQV=\frac{\Delta W}{\Delta Q}

8.

An alternative unit for a volt is a joule per

(a)  

9.

A mobile phone battery can deliver 18kC of charge at 5.2V. How much energy is stored?

a)

93.6J

b)

93600J

c)

3.5J

d)

0.28J

10.

A current of 1.3μA flows when electrons of charge -1.6 x 10-19C move through a wire. How many electrons pass a point in 2.4ms?

a)

1950

b)

1.95 x 1010

c)

8.9 x 10-23

d)

5.1 x 1027