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LEARN IT 2: Electricity

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- 1Draw the circuit symbols for: switch open, switch closed, cell, battery, diode, resistor, variable resistor, LED (light emitting diode), lamp, fuse, voltmeter, ammeter, thermistor, LDR
- 2What is current?

- 3What must there also be in a closed circuit for electrical charge to flow?

- 4What is another word for potential difference?

- 5What is the formula that links charge, current and time?

- 6What are the units for charge?

- 7What two things affect the size of the current flowing in a circuit?

- 8What is the formula that links potential difference, current and resistance?

- 9What are the units for resistance?

- 10What is resistance?

- 11What is potential difference?

- 12Where in a circuit should you always put an ammeter?

- 13Where in a circuit should you always put a voltmeter?

- 14What is an ohmic conductor? Give an example.

- 15What is the mathematical relationship between current and voltage for an ohmic conductor?

- 16What is a non-ohmic conductor? Give two examples

- 17What is the difference between a linear and non-linear relation

- 18What is the I-V (current-voltage) graph for a resistor?

- 19Why is the I-V graph for a resistor that shape?

- 20What is the mathematical relationship between I and V for the resistor graph? How do you know?

- 21What is the I-V graph for a filament lamp?

- 22Why is the I-V graph for a filament lamp that shape?

- 23What is the I-V (current-voltage) graph for a diode?

- 24Why is the I-V graph for a diode that shape?

- 25How does the resistance of a thermistor change with temperature?

- 26Sketch a resistance-temperature graph for a thermistor

- 27What is a thermistor used for?

- 28How does the resistance of an LDR change with light intensity?

- 29Sketch a resistance-light intensity graph for an LDR

- 30What is an LDR used for?

- 31Sketch the circuit diagram used to find the resistance of a component (by measuring the current through it and the potential difference across it)

- 32What happens if you remove a component in a series circuit?

- 33What happens if you remove a component in a parallel circuit?

- 34What is the rule for current in a series circuit?

- 35How is the potential difference of the power supply given to components in a series circuit?

- 36What would cause one component in a series circuit to get a bigger share of the potential difference from the supply?

- 37How could you find the total resistance of components in series?

- 38What is the rule for current in a parallel circuit?

- 39How is the potential difference of the power supply given to components in a parallel circuit?

- 40What would cause one component in a parallel circuit to get a bigger share of the current?

- 41What is the total resistance of two resistance in a parallel circuit always less than?

- 42In the UK, the mains supply has a frequency of 50Hz. What does this mean?

- 43What is direct current (DC)? Give an example of something that provides DC?

- 44What is alternating current (AC)? Give an example of something that provides AC?

- 45List the names and colours of the wires inside a 3-pin plug

- 46Why are the wires in a plug made of copper?

- 47Why are the cables and the plug covered in plastic or rubber?

- 48How are the live and neutral wires connected to an appliance?

- 49What is the potential difference between the live wire and the earth wire?

- 50What is the potential difference between the live wire and the neutral wire?

- 51Why is there still a danger of electric shock from a plug/light switch even if it is switched off?

- 52What is the job of the earth wire?

- 53How do the earth wire and fuse work together to protect the user?

- 54When charge flows through a resistor, what energy store is the energy transferred into?

- 55When charge flows through a kettle, what energy store is the energy transferred into?

- 56What does work done mean?

- 57What two things affect the amount of energy transferred by an electrical appliance?

- 58What is the formula that links energy transferred, power and time

- 59What are the two formulae that link power, potential difference, current and resistance?

- 60If an appliance has a high power rating, what does this mean?

- 61What is the National Grid?

- 62What is a step-up transformer?

- 63What is a step-down transformer?

- 64Explain why step-up transformers are used in the national grid

- 65Explain why step-down transformers are used in the National Grid

- 66Describe how to carry out a practical to investigate how the length of a wire affects its resistance

- 67Describe how to carry out a practical to investigate the resistance of resistors in series and parallel

- 68Describe how to carry out a practical to find the I-V (current-voltage) characteristics of a component, e.g. a filament lamp, diode or resistor

- 69Symbols, names and units for equations

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