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Y10 P8 Circuits quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can we use to remember Ohm's Law?

a)

Violence is ridiculous

b)

Victory is rare

c)

Venezuela is revolutionary

d)

Vera is rapid

2.

What is Ohm's Law?

a)

V = IR

b)

R = I/V

c)

S = D/T

d)

F = MA

e)

R = I/V

3.

Which particle flows around an electric circuit?

a)

Antiproton

b)

Top quark

c)

Neutralino

d)

Electron

e)

Heptaquark

4.

Voltage is well described as...

a)

The "pressure" or "force" which stimulates the electrons to move round the circuit.

b)

Confusing.

c)

What powers the circuit.

d)

How much energy a battery has.

e)

What charges up the electrons.

5.

Current is well described as...

a)

How quickly the electrons flow.

b)

How easy or hard it is for electrons to flow.

c)

How much energy the electrons have.

d)

A nice ingredient in buns.

e)

The "push" given by the battery.

6.

Electrical resistance is well described as...

a)

A force which acts against a moving object

b)

The force a stretching object supplies on something pulling it

c)

How much a material prevents the flow of electrons through it.

d)

How much energy is transferred to a component per electron

e)

An organised effort to oppose a legally established government or an occupying power.

7.

What is this the circuit symbol for

a)

Battery

b)

Power supply

c)

Socket

d)

Cell

8.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

Resistor

b)

Fuse

c)

Bulb

d)

Loudspeaker

9.

What is this the circuit symbol for

a)

Capacitor

b)

Transistor

c)

Thermistor

d)

Resistor

10.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

Resistor

b)

Fuse

c)

Bulb

d)

Loudspeaker

11.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

Ammeter

b)

Multimeter

c)

Voltmeter

d)

Motor

12.

A student rubs a balloon on his head and the balloon becomes negatively charged. It has...

a)

Gained electrons

b)

Gained protons

c)

Lost electrons

d)

Lost protons

13.

In a series circuit, electric current is... (select all that apply)

a)

The same for each component

b)

The same on each branch

c)

Equal to voltage divided by total resistance

d)

Different for different components in the circuit

14.

What can we say about the currents measured by the ammeters in the three different positions in this circuit?

a)

I1 > I2 > I3

b)

I1 + I2 = I3

c)

I1 = I2 = I3

d)

I1 + I2 + I3 = 0

15.

The brightness of the bulb in A is compared to the brightness of both bulbs in B. The bulbs and batteries are identical. What would you expect to observe?

a)

The bulbs in B both have the same brightness as the bulb in A.

b)

The bulbs in B are both equally brighter than the bulb in A.

c)

The bulbs in B are both equally dimmer than the bulb in A

d)

The bulbs in B have different brightnesses, both dimmer than the bulb in A