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Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What size resistor would produce a 3 Amp current flow with a 12 Volt battery
a)
1 Ohm
b)
3 Ohms
c)
4 Ohms
d)
12 Ohms
2.
What is Resistance?
a)
The flow of electrons
b)
Electric potential difference
c)
A battery
d)
The ability to reduce the flow of electrons
3.
What is resistance measured in?
a)
Ω (Ohms)
b)
V (Volts)
c)
A (Amps)
d)
W (Watts)
4.
Electricity that flows in a closed path is called a
a)
path
b)
current
c)
circuit
d)
light
5.
What is the Voltage of a circuit that has a resistance of 5 Ω and a current of 2 A?
a)
25 V
b)
10 V
c)
2.5 V
d)
0.4 V
6.
The mathematical relationship among Voltage, Current, and Resistance
a)
Faraday's Law
b)
Tesla's Law
c)
Edison's Law
d)
Ohm's Law
7.
Current times Resistance equals
 (I X R)
a)
Power
b)
Voltage
c)
Amperage
d)
Ohm
8.

Voltage divided by Resistance

(V / R)

a)

Current

b)

Power

c)

Ohms

d)

Watts

9.

Voltage divided by Current

(V / I)

a)

Current

b)

Power

c)

Resistance

d)

Watts

10.
If the Voltage is increased and the resistance stays the same, Current will
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Stay the same
d)
X
11.

Consider a wire length L, cross-sectional area A and a resistance R. A second wire at the same temperature has a length 2L and a cross-sectional are of 1/2A. What is the resistance of the second wire

a)

R

b)

2R

c)

1/2 R

d)

4R

12.

What is the resistance of a wire when its length is reduced by half?

a)

Halved

b)

Quartered

c)

Doubled

d)

Quadrupled

13.

The nichrome wire has a cross-sectional area of 1.3 × 10–7 m2 . Resistivity of nichrome = 1.1 × 10–6 Ωm and a resistance of 53 Ω. The length of the wire is

a)

0.63 m

b)

63 m

c)

0.0063 m

d)

6.3 m

14.

A copper wire of length 2.5 m and cross-sectional area 2.4 × 10-7 m2 has a resistivity of 1.7x10-8 Ωm. What is the resistance of the wire?

a)

1.6x10-15 Ω

b)

1.0x10-14 Ω

c)

0.18 Ω

d)

5.6 Ω

15.

A cylindrical conductor of length l, diameter D, and resistivity ρ has a resistance R. What is the resistance of another cylindrical conductor of length l, diameter D/2 , and resistivity ρ?

a)

8R

b)

4R

c)

2R

d)

R

16.

Resistivity

a)

changes with conditions.

b)

relies on dimensions of the material.

c)

is inversely proportional to resistance.

d)

is a property of the material.

17.

Which change decreases the resistance of a piece

of copper wire?

a)

increasing the wire‛s length

b)

increasing the wire‛s resistivity

c)

decreasing the wire‛s length

d)

decreasing the wire‛s diameter

18.

All materials have resistance. How much resistance a material has depends on the type of material, its width, its length, and its temperature.

a)

True

b)

False