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P2 5.

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Activity sheet
Name: Class:

Series circuit problems


Aim
To reinforce what you have learned about series circuit.
1 A cell, a resistor, a lamp and an ammeter are connected in series, as in Figure 1.

Figure 1

a) Complete the following sentences using words from the list below.
greater than less than the same as
i) The current through the battery is …………………… the current through the ammeter.
ii) The potential difference across the battery is …………………. the potential difference
across the resistor.
iii) The current through the lamp is ……………… the current through the resistor.
iv) The potential difference across the lamp is ……………… the potential difference across
the battery.
b) In Figure 1, the cell has a potential difference of 3.0 V and the resistor has a resistance of
8.0 . The ammeter reading is 0.2 A.

i) Calculate the potential difference across the resistor.


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ii) Calculate the potential difference across the lamp.
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2 A battery, an ammeter, a 10  resistor and a 15  resistor are connected in series as shown in
Figure 2. The ammeter reading is 0.36 A.

Figure 2
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Activity sheet
Continued …

a) Calculate the potential difference across:


i) the 10  resistor.

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ii) the 15  resistor.

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iii) the battery.
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b) What would be the resistance of a single resistor that would have the same current if it was
connected on its own to the same battery?
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3 A 6.0 V battery, a 10  resistor and a 20  resistor are connected in series with each other.
Calculate:
a) the total resistance of the two resistors in series.
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b) the current in the circuit.
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c) the potential difference across the 20  resistor.

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