Study Guide and Review Questions ~ Physics 9 / Chapter 6: Electricity for Everyone
Section 6.1: Generating Electricity
A. Choose the correct sequence of energy transformations while using a hand generator and a light
bulb (like you did in your investigation).
1 electrical and mechanical to light and heat
light to heat to mechanical
mechanical to electrical to light and heat
mechanical to heat to light
B. 1 Wis equal to:
1D 4 Second per Ampere 1 1 Joule per Second
1 1 Coulomb of Charge per Ampere 1. 1 Ampere per Joule
C. Whatis the best way that to increase the brightness of the bulb?
1 Increase only the voltage.
1D Increase only the current.
Increase the current and the voltage at the same time.
1 None of the above
Section 6,2: Modeling Electricity: The Electron Shuffle
D. In the circuit shown below, a battery of 6 V is connected to two identical light bulbs. If the current in
the circuit is 2 A, how much voltage and current does each light bulb receive from the battery?
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E. Inthe circuit shown below, a battery is providing energy to a circuit with four identical light bulbs. If
the voltage across each light bulb is 3 V, what is the potential difference (voltage) supplied by the
battery?
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F. Compare a circuit with one bulb and two identical bulbs in series by completing the following table.
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Which circuit
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Voltage (volts) | circuit (amps) (volts) circuit (amps) | bulb(s) or are
they equal?
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Section 6.3: Series and Parallel Circuits: Lighten Up
G. The diagram shows three resistors connected in parallel to a 12-V battery. What is the voltage
across Resistor B?
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H. In the diagram, what happens to the brightness of bulbs A and C when bulb B is unscrewed from its
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