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Charge: A. Electrostatics

This document provides an outline for a physics test on electricity with four sections: 1) Electrostatics covering charge interactions, conductors, electric sparks, and spark dangers. 2) Current covering circuit components, direction of current flow, and types of current. 3) Voltage covering circuit components, polarity, and voltage sources. 4) Resistance covering resistor identification and properties, ways to increase current, and calculating voltage and current using Ohm's law. Students will answer multiple choice and short answer questions testing their understanding of these electricity concepts.

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Charge: A. Electrostatics

This document provides an outline for a physics test on electricity with four sections: 1) Electrostatics covering charge interactions, conductors, electric sparks, and spark dangers. 2) Current covering circuit components, direction of current flow, and types of current. 3) Voltage covering circuit components, polarity, and voltage sources. 4) Resistance covering resistor identification and properties, ways to increase current, and calculating voltage and current using Ohm's law. Students will answer multiple choice and short answer questions testing their understanding of these electricity concepts.

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Physics Test: Electricity (50 marks)

A. Electrostatics
(14 marks)
1. (a) In each space: write like or unlike, then also write attract or repel. [4]
Charge
Positive
Negative

Positive

Negative

(b)

Circle all the materials below which are good electrical conductors.
air, alcohol, aluminium, carbon, cloth, glass, iron, mercury, plastic, rubber,
sodium, wood
[3]
2. (a)
What is an electric spark?
[2]
(b)(i) Name any machine which is designed to produce an electric spark.
(ii) Explain what this spark is used for.
[3]
(c)
How can an electric spark be dangerous? [2]
B. Current
(14 marks)
1. A student set up a circuit and drew the following diagram.
A

[2]

(a) On the diagram, write the name of each circuit component.


[3]
(b) Put + and - on two of the components to show how they should be connected.

(c) Draw arrows showing the direction of flow of current.


[2]
(d) Are two of the circuit components connected in series or parallel with the
source? [1]
(e) What kind of current is going through the circuit? How do you know? [2]
(f) If a current of 0.1 A is measured in the bottom wire, how much current will be
going through the other
components? Explain. [2]
2. (a) Name a current that is not an electric current.
(b) Explain what is flowing in this current.
[2]
C. Voltage
(10 marks)
1. A student set up a circuit and drew the following diagram.
V

[2]

(a)
(b)

On the diagram, write the name of each circuit component. [3]


Put + and - on two of the components to show how they should be connected.

(c)(i) Which component is the source of voltage?


(ii) What can the student do to find the e. m. f. of the source? Why cant the
student use the circuit
shown?
[3]
(d)
Name two other sources of voltage not shown in the diagram.
[2]

D. Resistance
(12 marks)
1. A student set up a circuit and drew the following diagram.
A
X

(a)(i) What is the name of the component labelled X?


(ii) What would the student need to do to find the resistance of X?
[4]
(b)
If X is ohmic and the voltage of the source is increased, what would happen to:
(i) the resistance of X?
(ii) the current?
(iii) What are two ways to increase current in any circuit?[4]
(c)
The resistance of X is found to be 30 .
(i) Calculate the voltage of the source if the current is 0.2 A. Show your working.
(ii) Calculate the current from the source if the voltage is 12 V. Show your
working.
[4]

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