LT4.3ElectricCurrentinCircuits Classno._____Name:_____________________________________Section___________Date________ A. Writetheletterofthecorrectanswer,inCAPITAL,onthespacebeforeeachnumber. 9. Whenyouadddevicestoaseriescircuit, Inthefigurebelow,three whatdoyouknowaboutthecurrent? bulbsareconnectedin A. Addingmoredevicesincreasesthe serieswitha12Vsource. amountofcurrentthroughthebattery 1. Ifthethreebulbsare B. Addingmoredevicesdecreasesthe identicalthetotal amountofcurrentthroughthebattery.

ry. voltageis C. Moredeviceschangetheresistanceofthe circuit,butnotcurrent. A. Thesumofindividualvoltagedrops D. Moredevicesincreasethevoltage B. Onethirdofthevoltagesupply suppliedbythebatterytothecircuit. C. Threetimesthevoltagesupply 10. Whenyouadddevicestoaparallelcircuit, 2. Iftheresistanceofbulb1is10,bulb2is whatdoyouknowaboutthecurrent? 15,andbulb3is20,thetotalresistanceis A. 4.6 B.15 C.45 D.90 A. Thetotalcurrentgetslargerwhendevices 3. Iftheresistanceofbulb1is10,bulb2is areadded. 15,andbulb3is20,thetotalcurrentis B. Theadditionaldevicereceivesless amountofcurrent. A. 3.75A B.2.61A C.0.80A D.0.27A C. Thetotalcurrentisdecreasedasdevices 4. Iftheresistanceofbulb1is10,bulb2is areadded. 15,andbulb3is20,whichonereceives 11. Inaparallelcircuit, thebiggestcurrent? A. thecurrentthrougheachbranchisalways A. bulb1 C.bulb3 thesame. B. bulb2 D.sameforall 5. Whenwecallacircuitaclosedcircuitwe B. thevoltageacrosseachbranchisalways mean thesame. A. Thecurrentisblockedandcannotflow C. theresistanceacrosseachbranchshould B. Thereisonlyonepathforcurrenttoflow alwaysbethesame. through D. thegreaterthebranchthegreateristhe resistance. C. Thepathwayiscompletewithnogapand 12. Twolightsofdifferentresistancesarewired currentcanflow inparallel,whichwillburnbrighter? D. Thereisonlyonedeviceconnectedtothe powersource. A. Thelowresistancebulbbecauseitdraws 6. Whentwolinesareconnectedinseries,which morecurrent. istrue? B. Thehighresistancebulb,becauseitdraws morecurrent. A. Thecurrentthroughbothisthesame. C. Thecurrentineachbranchofthecircuitis B. Thecurrentthroughoneplusthecurrent thesamesotheybrightequally throughoneequalsthelinecurrent. 13. Whichofthefollowingfilamentswoulddraw C. Togethertheyhavelessresistancethan themostcurrentiftheyaremadeofthesame eitherwouldalone. material?(thickfilamentshavelowerresistance D. Thereisdangeroroverloadingthecircuit 7. Whentwolightbulbsareconnectedin thanthinones,andlongfilamentshavehigher parallel,whichistrue? resistancethanshortones) A. along,thinfilament A. Thetotalresistanceislessthanthe B. along,thickfilament resistanceofeitherbulbalone. C. ashort,thickfilament B. Thevoltageprovidedbythebatteryis splitevenlybyeachbulb. D. ashort,thinfilament C. Ifonebulbburnsouttheotherbulbwill 14. Howmany6ohmsresistorsinparallelwould notlight. ittaketomakearesistanceof2ohms D. Theindividualresistanceaddsupto A. 6 B.4 C.3 D.2 makethetotalresistanceoftheline. 15. Howmany6ohmsresistorsinparallelwould 8. Ifseveralresistorsareconnectedinparallel, ittaketomakearesistanceof1ohm whatdoweknowaboutthetotalresistance? A. 6 C.3 A. Itisthesumofindividualresistance. B. 4 D.2 B. Thetotalhasavaluelowerthananyother 16. A40wattlightbulbisconnectedtoa9volt individualresistors. battery.Whenanother40Wbulbisconnected inparallelwiththefirst,whathappenstothe C. Thetotalisgreaterthananyofthe outputenergyinthebattery? originalresistor.

A. Theoutputenergyremainsunchanged becausethecircuitisparallelandtheline currentremainsunchangedbyadditional devices. B. Thesecondbulbdrawsmuchcurrentas thefirst,sothecurrentthroughand energyoutputofthebatterydouble. C. Thesecondbulbwilldoublethe resistance,thereforehalvethecurrentand energyoutput. 17. Two4ohmandone2ohmresistorsarewired inparallel.Whatistheequivalentresistance? A. 10ohms C.2ohms B. 6ohms D.1ohm 18. One10ohmresistorisinserieswithanother resistoranda20vbattery.Ifthecurrentinthe

circuitis2/3ofanamp,whatisthevalueof thesecondresistor? A. 10ohms C.30ohms B. 20ohms 19. Twoidenticalresistorsareconnectedin series.Thecurrentthroughthecircuitis1.5 ampsandthebatteryvoltageis6volts.What isthevalueofoneoftheresistors? A. 4ohms C.1ohms B. 2ohms 20. Comparedwiththecurrentinthewhitehot filamentofacommonlamp,thecurrentinthe connectingwireis A. less C.thesame B. more D.cantbedetermined

B. 120voltsinimpressedinthecomplexcircuitbelow.Eachresistorinthediagramhasaresistanceof 10.CompletethetablebelowandshowyoursolutiononaseparatesheetofCLEANpaperneatly andsystematically.

Resistor

Resistance,

Current,A

Voltage,V

R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

4.8 2.4 2.4 4.8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

48 24 24 48 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

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