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HighDemandQuestionsQUESTIONSHEET1
(a)Inthecircuitbelow,lampsPandQareidentical.Thereadingontheammeteris3A.Thecellshownisofemf.6V.
CalculatethecurrentthatpassesthroughlampP.
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(b)IfavoltmeterwasconnectedacrosslampP,whatwoulditread?
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(c)CalculatetheresistanceoflampP.
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(a)Resistorsof5ohmsand10ohmsareconnectedinserieswithabatterysupplying3volts.
Whatisthetotalresistance?
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(b)Calculatethecurrentwhichflowsinthecircuit.
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(a)Resistorsof2ohmsand4ohmsareconnectedinparallelacrossabatterysupplying6volts.
Anotherresistorof5ohmsisconnectedinserieswiththebattery.Drawthecircuit.
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(b)Calculatethetotalresistanceinthecircuit.
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(c)Calculatethecurrentflowingthroughthe5ohmresistor.
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(a)Alampisratedat12V,6W.
(i)
Explain
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(ii)Howmanyjoulesofenergyaretransferredbythelampin5minutes?
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(b)(i)Calculatethecurrentpassingthroughthelampwhenitisconnectedtoa12Vsupply.
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(ii)Calculatetheresistanceofthelampinthesecircumstances.
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(c)A24Vsupplyisusedtoconnecttwosuchlampsinseries.
Whatdifferencewilltherebe,ifany,inthecurrentandresistanceofthelamp?
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Inthecircuitbelow,0.6Aflowsthroughthe10ohmresistor.
(a)Calculatethecurrentflowingthroughthe20ohmresistor.
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(b)Calculatethecurrentflowingthroughthebattery.
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(c)Calculatethevoltagesuppliedbythebattery.
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Eachoftheresistorsinthecircuitbelowhasaresistanceof10.
10
10
10
(a)Calculatetheresistanceofthetwoparallelresistors.
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(b)Calculatethetotalresistanceinthecircuit.
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(c)Calculatethecurrentthrougheachoftheresistors.
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(a)Calculatethetotalresistanceofresistorsof2,5and10whenconnected:
(i)inserieswitheachother
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(ii)inparallelwitheachother.
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(b)Inwhicharrangementwillthecurrentinthecircuitbelarger?Explainyouranswer.
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Resistorsof3,6,6and12areconnectedupasshowninthediagram.
12v
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(a)Calculatethetotalresistancewhenbothswitchesareclosed.
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(b)Calculatethetotalcurrentsuppliedwhenbothswitchesareclosed.
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(c)Calculatethecurrentinthe3resistorwhenswitchS1isclosedandswitchS2isopen.
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(d)Calculatethecurrentsuppliedwhenbothswitchesareopen.
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MediumDemandQuestionsQUESTIONSHEET9
(a)Electriccurrentismeasuredinamps.
Whichofthefollowingquantitiesisequaltooneamp(1A)?Circlethecorrectanswer
Aoneohmpervolt
Bonevoltpersecond
Conecoulombpersecond
Donejoulepercoulomb
Eonecoulombperohm
(b)(i)Whatismeantbyanelectriccurrent?
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(ii)Stateinwhichofthefollowingcircuitsthelampwouldlight.Theremaybemorethanonecorrectanswer.
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Thediagramshowsacircuitwiththreeidenticallamps.
Theammeter,A1,showsareadingof1.5A.
1.5A
(a)IndicateonthediagramwhereyouwouldinsertaswitchsothatitwillswitchonorofflampsL2
andL3,butwillnotaffectlampL1.
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(b)Whatnameisgiventothisarrangementofconnectinglamps?
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(c)WhatwillbethereadingonammeterA2?
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(d)Whatwillbethereadingonthevoltmeter?
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(a)Anammeteroflowresistanceisusedtomeasurethecurrentflowinginacircuit.
Explainwhyitmusthavealowresistance.
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(b)(i)Howshouldavoltmeterbeconnectedinacircuit?
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(ii)Shouldavoltmeterhaveahighorlowresistance?Explainyouranswer.
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Thepotentialdifferenceandcurrentforanelectricalcomponentismeasured.
Theresultsareshowninthetablebelow.
Pd/V
0.5
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
I/A
.020
.040
0.56
0.75
0.88
0.93
1.00
1.08
(a)Plotagraphofpd(yaxis)againstI(xaxis)[4]
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(b)(i)DoesthecomponentobeyOhmslaw??
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(ii)Explainyouranswer.
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(iii)Suggestwhatthecomponentcouldbe.
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AstudentwishestoinvestigatewhetheracomponentobeysOhmslaw.
(a)StateOhmslaw.
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(b)Drawasuitablecircuitthatcouldbeusedfortheinvestigation.
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BelowareshowngraphsofIagainstVforthreedifferentcomponentsadiode,alampfilament
andametalwire.
Allwereatconstanttemperature.
(a)Identifywhichgraphbelongstowhichcomponent.
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(b)(i)Whichgraphshowsanohmicconductor?
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(ii)Whichgraphshowsacomponentinwhichresistanceincreases?
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Amachineinaworkshopwillonlyoperatewhenthesafetyguardisinplace.Thereisalargeswitch
onthemachineandaswitchwhereitispluggedintothemains.
(a)(i)Drawacircuitdiagramshowingtheswitchesforthemachine.
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(ii)Explainwhytheswitchesareplacedinthecircuitinthewayinwhichyouhavedrawnthem.
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(b)Twoswitchesareusedwhenyouwanttoabletooperatesomethingfromtwodifferentplaces.
(egalightateachendofacorridor).
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Explainhowthearrangementoftheswitcheswilldifferfromthatinthemachine.
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Astudentisaskedtoinvestigatehowtheresistanceofawirevarieswithitslength.
(a)Brieflydescribehowthiscouldbedone.
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(b)Herearetheresultsoftheexperiment.
Lengthofwire/cm
0.0
10
20
30
40
50
Resistance/ohms
0.0
4.5
9.1
13.6
18.1
22.3
(i)Plotagraphoflengthofwireagainstresistance.[3]
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(Continued...)
MediumDemandQuestionsQUESTIONSHEET16CONTINUED
(ii)Whatcanyouconcludeabouthowresistanceofthewirevarieswithlength?
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(iii)Howisthismadeuseofinadimmerswitch?
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LowDemandQuestionsQUESTIONSHEET17
(a)Nameeachofthecomponentsshown.
D
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(b)WhatisthepurposeofcomponentD?
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Atorchbatteryrepresentedbyproduces1.5volts.
(a)Writedownthevoltageshownonthevoltmeterineachofthefollowingcircuits.
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(b)Explainwhyyoucannotlightacarheadlampbulbwitha1.5Vbattery.
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(c)Whathappenstothesizeofacurrentinacircuitwhenthevoltageincreases?
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Hereisalistsomematerialsinorderoftheirabilitytoconductelectricity.Thebestconductoris
atthetopandpoorestoneatthebottom.
silver
copper
aluminium
water
PVC
rubber
Copperisusedinhouseholdwiring,butitisnotthebestconductor.
(a)Whyissilvernotused?
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(b)Aluminiumisusedinoverheadpowercables.
Whyiscoppernotused?
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(c)Whichtwomaterialsfromthelistareusedtoinsulateelectricalwires?
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(d)Explainwhybathroomsarealwaysfittedwithpullcordswitches.
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Christmastreelightsareusuallywiredinseries.Ifonebulbstopsworking,theothersdotoo.
(a)Explainwhatismeantbyinseries.
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(b)Ifthereare20bulbsinasetofChristmastreelightswhichoperatefromthemains(240volts),whatwouldbethe
voltageacrosseachbulb?
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(c)Whyisitwrongtoreplaceabulbfroma20bulbsetoflightswithonefroma40bulbset?
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(d)Whyisitwrongtouse
(i)a3ampfuseintheplugofanelectricfireusing10amps?
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(ii)a13ampfuseintheplugofaradiousing1.5amps?
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