LAS-5-PHYSICS-2
LAS-5-PHYSICS-2
Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
Bugallon I District
Bugallon, Pangasinan
Direction: Write the letter of your answer before the number. Write E if there is no correct answer.
1. A capacitor is a device used to ______________.
A. store electrical energy C. vary the resistance
B. store magnetic energy D. dissipate energy
2. What is the value of capacitance of a capacitor which has a voltage of 5 V and has a 10 C of charge?
A. 2F B. 4F C. 6F D. 8F
3. The electric potential inside a parallel-plate capacitor ________.
A. is constant
B. increases linearly from the negative to the positive plate
C. decreases linearly from the negative to the positive plate
D. decreases inversely with distance from the negative plate
4. A 50 µF capacitor has a potential difference of 8 V. What is its charge?
A. 4.00 x 10-3 C B. 6.25 x 10-5 C C. 4.00 x 10-4 C D. 6.25 x 10-6 C
5. The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor depends on _________.
I. Plate area II. Distance of separation III. Voltage
A. II only B. III only C. I and II only D. II and III only
6. A charge was removed from one of the plates, the capacitance of the capacitors _________.
A. decreases C. stays the same
B. increases D. is halved
7. When a slab of insulating material is placed between the plates of a charged capacitor, the electric
field _____________.
A. decreases C. stays the same
B. increases D. is halved
Direction: Solve the following word problems. Show complete solutions to your answers.
8. Calculate the voltage of a battery connected to a parallel plate capacitor with a plate area of 3.0 cm2
and a plate separation of 5 mm if the charge stored on the plates is 6.0 C.
9-10. A parallel plate capacitor has a square plate of side 6.0 cm and separated by a distance of 3 mm.
A. Calculate the capacitance of this capacitor.
B. If a 20 V battery is connected to the capacitor, what is the charge stored in any of the plates?