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Electricity - 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean for a material to be a 'conductor'?

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2.

What does it mean for a material to be an 'insulator'?

4 lines
3.

Which of the following materials is NOT a conductor

a)

Copper

b)

Glass

c)

Steel

d)

Gold

4.

Which of these things is an insulator?

a)

Paper Clip

b)

Shoe Sole

c)

Aluminium Can

d)

Steel Nail

5.

Electricity is caused by a flow of (a)  

6.

What kind of electricity occurs when charged particles are transferred from one body/object, to another?

a)

Kinetic Electricity

b)

Static Electricity

c)

Current

d)

Voltage

7.

A stream of charged particles moving through a conductor is called a,

a)

Synapse

b)

Voltage

c)

Current

d)

Wire

8.

Electricity can generate force.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A closed path that electric current follows is called a (a)  

10.

What is V = IR?

a)

Current Law

b)

Murphy's Law

c)

Coulomb's Law

d)

Ohm's Law

11.

What is the SI unit for voltage?

a)

Coulombs

b)

Farads

c)

Amperes

d)

Volts

12.

In a circuit diagram, what does this represent?

a)

Light bulb

b)

Power Supply

c)

Resistor

d)

Wire

13.

What is the SI unit for current?

a)

Volts

b)

Amperes

c)

Coulombs

d)

Farads

14.

In a circuit diagram, what does this represent?

a)

Switch

b)

Resistor

c)

Capacitor

d)

Bridge

15.

What is the SI unit for resistance?

a)

Volts per Second

b)

Ohms

c)

Farads

d)

Amperes

16.

In a circuit diagram, what does this represent?

a)

Cell

b)

Battery

c)

Ammeter

d)

Capacitor

17.

In Coulomb's Law, a larger distance between two bodies results in a smaller electrical force.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Calculate the current in this circuit.

(a)  

19.

Draw a circuit diagram that has a battery, two resistors and a light bulb all in series.

20.

A circuit is connected to a 12V power source which is outputting 0.1A. What is the resistance in the wire?

(a)  

21.

Calculate the current through a light bulb filament that resists 24 Ohms at 6V.

(a)  

22.

What is the voltage across a car headlight when 500mA flows through, resisted by 48 Ohms?

(a)  

23.

List the 3 ways we can affect the resistance of a wire.

4 lines
24.

Draw the circuit symbol for a 4 cell battery.

25.

Two particles (with charges of 3.2C and -1.1C) are 33cm apart. What is the electrical force between them? State if they are moving together or apart. Note: example of scientific notation, 1x10^6

(a)