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Circuits Key Definitions/Explanations

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is current?

a)

Q =I/t

b)

charge

c)

the flow of charge

d)

the rate of flow of charge

2.

In conventional current charge flows from the

a)

positive terminal to negative terminal

b)

battery to the components

c)

negative terminal to the positive terminal

d)

the supply to the components

3.

What fundamental physics explains Kirchoff's 1st law?

a)

conservation of energy

b)

conservation of mass

c)

conservation of charge

d)

conservation of time

4.

What fundamental physics explains Kirchoff's 2nd law?

a)

conservation of energy

b)

conservation of mass

c)

conservation of charge

d)

conservation of time

5.

What should the condition be for Ohm's law?

a)

temperature must be 0K

b)

high pressure and temperature

c)

the temperature must be constant

d)

the temperature must be high

6.

In teh reverse direction, a diode's resistance is

a)

very low

b)

very high

c)

0

d)

infinity

7.

Which of the following components is a semiconductor?

a)

LDR

b)

LED

c)

Resistor

d)

Switch

8.

Terminal potential difference =

a)

lost volts

b)

EMF - lost volts

c)

lost volts - EMF

d)

EMF + lost volts

9.

resistivity has units of

a)

ohms

b)

ohms per metre

c)

ohm metres

d)

ohms per unit area

10.

An NTC thermistor's resistance _________ with decreasing temperature

a)

decreases

b)

increases

c)

changes

d)

exponentially decreases

11.

In a semiconductor like the NTC thermistor, what are released with increasing temperature?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

ions

d)

conduction electrons

12.

In the equation I = nvqA n stands for


a)

number of charge carriers

b)

charge carriers per unit area

c)

charge carriers per unit volume

d)

charge carriers per unit length

13.

Drift velocities tend to be

a)

Slow

b)

Fast

c)

equal to the current

d)

equal to the speed of light