PRACTICE:

Answer the following question using Ohm's law. Don't forget to show your work.
1. How much current is in a circuit that includes a 9-volt battery and a bulb with a
resistance of 3 ohms?

2. How much current is in a circuit that includes a 9-volt battery and a bulb with a
resistance of 12 ohms?

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3. What is the voltage of a circuit with 15 amps of current and toaster with 8 ohms of
resistance?

4. A light bulb has a resistance of 4 ohms and a current of 2 A. What is the voltage across
the bulb?

5. A circuit contains a 1.5 volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms. Calculate the
current.

6. A circuit contains two 1.5 volt batteries and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms. Calculate
the current.

7. An alarm clock draws 0.5 A of current when connected to a 120 volt circuit. Calculate its
resistance.

8. You have a large flashlight that takes 4 D-cell batteries. If the current in the flashlight is 2
amps, what is the resistance of the light bulb? (Hint: A D-cell battery has 1.5 volts.)

9. Use the diagram below to answer the following problems.

a. What is the total voltage in each circuit? A_____________ B____________

b. How much current would be measured in each circuit if the light bulb has a
resistance of 6 ohms? A_____________ B____________

c. How much current would be measured in each circuit if the light bulb has a
resistance of 12 ohms? A_____________ B____________

d. Is the bulb brighter in circuit A or circuit B? Why?

10. In your own words, state the relationship between resistance and current in a circuit.

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11. In your own words, state the relationship between voltage and current in a circuit.

12. What could you do to a closed circuit consisting of 2 batteries, 2 light bulbs, and a switch
to increase the current? Explain your answer.

13. What could you do to a closed circuit consisting of 2 batteries, 2 light bulbs, and a switch
to decrease the current? Explain your answer.

14. An alarm clock draws 0.5 A of current when connected to a 120 volt circuit. Calculate its
resistance.

15. If a toaster produces 12 ohms of resistance in a 120-volt circuit, what is the amount of
current in the circuit?

16. A subwoofer needs a household voltage of 110 V to push a current of 5.5 A through its
coil. What is the resistance of the subwoofer?

17. A 12 Volt car battery pushes charge through the headlight circuit resistance of 10 ohms.
How much current is passing through the circuit?

18. How much voltage would be necessary to generate 10 amps of current in a circuit that
has 5 ohms of resistance?

19. An electric heater works by passing a current of 100 A though a coiled metal wire,
making it red hot. If the resistance of the wire is 1.1 ohms, what voltage must be applied
to get that current?

20. What current flows through a hair dryer plugged into a 120 Volt circuit if it has a
resistance of 25 ohms?

21. A light bulb has a resistance of 5 ohms and a maximum current of 10 A. How much
voltage can be applied before the bulb will break?

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 22. What happens to the current in a circuit if a 1.5-volt battery is removed and is replaced
by a 3-volt battery?

23. What happens to the current in a circuit if a 100 resistor is removed and replaced by a
200 resistor?

24. Suppose you did a lab with this simple circuit and got the following data. Plot the points
of the provided graph.

a. Is the resistance constant?

Solve for the unknown in each of these circuits

25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 30.