Electricity (Worksheet)
Electricity (Worksheet)
Q1. What is an electric circuit? Distinguish between an open and a closed circuit.
i)Calculate the amount of charge passed through any area of cross section of the
conductor.
ii)If the charge of an electron is 1.6*10^-19 C, then calculate the total number of electrons
flowing.
Q3.
(a) Define the term 'volt'.
(b) State the relation between work, charge and potential difference for an electric circuit.
Calculate the potential difference between the two terminals of a battery if 100J of work is
required to transfer 20C of charge from one terminal of the battery to the other.
Q4. Draw a schematic diagram of an electric circuit consisting of a battery of two cells
each of 1.5V, 5Ω,10Ω and 15Ω resistors and a plug key, all connected in series.
Q5. Draw the symbols of commonly used components in electric circuit diagrams for
(i) an electric cell
(ii) open plug key
(iii) wires crossing without connection
(iv) variable resistor
(v) battery
(vi) electric bulb
(vii) resistance.
Q6. State Ohm's law. Draw a labelled circuit diagram to verify this law in the laboratory. If
you draw a graph between the potential difference and current flowing through a metallic
conductor, what kind of curve will you get? Explain how you would use this graph to
determine the resistance of the conductor.
Q7. If you pass 500 mA of current through a bulb , how many electrons will pass through
it in five minutes ?
Q8.Calculate the current supplied by a cell if the amount of charge passing through the
cell in 2 minutes is 240 C ?
Q9. How much work is done in moving 4 C across two point having potential difference
of 10 V?
Q10. How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 9 v
battery?
Q11. 100 j of work is done in moving a charge of 5 C from one terminal of battery to
another . What is the potential difference of battery?
Q12. If 0.6A current flows through a resistor shown in figure. Voltage of two points of
resistor is 12V. What is the resistance of the resistor?
Q13. Resistance of an electric iron 50 Ω.4.2A Current flows through the resistance. Find
the voltage between two points.
Q15. Let the resistance of an electrical component remains constant while the potential
difference across the two ends of the component decreases to half of its former value.
What change will occur in the current through it?
Q18. What is meant by saying that the potential difference between two points is 1 V?
Question 19
Which of the following represents voltage?
(a) Work done/Current×Time
Question 21
a.The positively charged electrode in an electrolytic cell is called ________.
b.The positively electrode in an electrochemical cell is known as ___________.
c.The potential difference between the ends of the wire of resistance 1 ohm is doubled, the
electric power across the wire will ______ by _____.
d.The commercial unit of electric power is _________.
e.During the electrolysis of a salt solution,the electricity is carried by _______ and________.