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U7: Ohm's Law and Circuits Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would you need to do to the voltage if you wanted to increase the current in a series circuit?

a)

Increase

b)

Greater

c)

Decrease

d)

Smaller

2.

What is the unit of current?

a)

volts (V)

b)

amps (A)

c)

ohms (Ω)

d)

joules (J)

3.

What is the difference in finding total resistance in a series circuit vs. in a Parallel circuit?

a)

No Difference

b)

For series use inverse equation, for parallel add resistances up.

c)

For series add up resistances, for parallel add up resistances

d)

For series add up resistances, for parallel use inverse equation

4.
What is the potential difference?
a)
Current
b)
Power
c)
Voltage
d)
Resistance
5.

If a series circuit of three bulbs is rearranged into a parallel circuit, what will happen to the brightness of three bulbs

a)

The bulbs will turn off due to an incomplete supply of electricity.

b)

All three bulbs will have the same amount of luminosity once rearranged into a parallel circuit but will be dimmer than in parallel.

c)

All three bulbs will have the same amount of luminosity once rearranged into a parallel circuit but will be brighter than in parallel.

d)

The bulb next to the battery will be brightest and each bulb will be dimmer than the one before.

6.
How to find power
a)
V=IR
b)
R+V/I
c)
P=VI
d)
P= RT
7.
What does V stand for?
a)
Vendetta
b)
Voltage
c)
Velocity
d)
Vector
8.

What does R stand for?

a)

Revolution

b)

Rictor Scale

c)

Resistance

d)

Right

9.
What is Power?
a)
Shadow Warrior 2 OST
b)
Work divided by Time
c)
Work multiplied by Time
d)
of Castle Grayskull
10.

Johnny and Sam are working on a physics lab together. In their lab, they are to create both a series circuit and a parallel circuit using identical materials. Johnny constructs the series circuit while Sam makes the parallel circuit. After observing the two circuits, Sam argues that his circuit contains more resistance than Johnny's circuit. Johnny says that Sam is wrong, and that his circuit has more resistance. Who is correct?

a)

Sam is correct, the parallel circuit has more paths for the electricity to travel, making the resistance greater.

b)

Sam is correct, the parallel circuit's light(s) is brighter, meaning there is more resistance.

c)

Johnny is correct, parallel circuits have LESS resistance because the current is greater.

d)

Johnny is correct, parallel circuits have LESS resistance because their resistors add inversely, while the resistors in series circuits add normally.

11.

What is the first step to solving for a Parallel circuit

a)

Add the currents to find the total currents

b)

Find the current through each branch I= v/r for each branch

c)

Use the one current to find the voltage drop across each resistor

d)

Check by adding resistors using inverse law

12.
You are given a basic series circuit with a battery, a switch, and three identical resistors. If the circuit is rearranged so that it is now a parallel circuit, what would happen to the current?
a)
it would decrease
b)
it would stay the same
c)
it would increase
d)
it would react inversely
13.

For which circuit do you have to inverse the resistors to find the equivalent resistance?

a)

series circuit

b)

parallel circuit

c)

both series and parallel circuits

d)

neither series and parallel circuits

14.

Which variable in Ohm’s law represents the flow of electrons (much like the flow of a river)?

a)

resistance

b)

current

c)

voltage

15.

Which variable in Ohm’s law is like friction that slows down the flow of electrons?

a)

resistance

b)

current

c)

voltage

16.

As the voltage increases, the current...

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

17.

Resistance and current are

a)

directly proportional

b)

inversely proportional

c)

not related

18.

The circuit shown is a parallel circuit.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What would happen if you closed the switch (meaning you connected it)?

a)

Bulb A would turn off, but the others would stay on

b)

Bulbs B and C would turn off and bulb A would stay on

c)

All bulbs would turn off

d)

All bulbs would stay on

20.

Starting with all bulbs on, what would happen if bulb B burned out?

a)

Bulb A would turns off and bulb C would stay on

b)

Bulb C would turns off and bulb A would stay on

c)

Both bulb A and bulb C would turn off

d)

Both bulb A and bulb C would turn off