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Physics Unit 14 Exercise
The document covers various concepts related to current electricity, including the flow of electrons, resistance, and power calculations. It poses conceptual and comprehensive questions about electric current, Ohm's law, and circuit configurations, as well as practical problems involving resistors and energy consumption. Additionally, it discusses safety measures regarding electricity use in households and the effects of temperature on resistance.
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4. Fuseisalways connected in series with.
alivewire b. earthwire c. neutralwire d. shuntwire
10. Withincrease in temperature of thermistors, its resistance
aincreases b.decreases c.remainsame _d.mayincreaseordecrease
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L Cancurrent flow through acircuitwithoutpotential difference? Explain
2 Ifaluminumand copper wiresofthesamelength have the same resi
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has the larger diameter? Why?
3. Whatisresistanceacross open switch and closeswitch ofa circuit?
4. Abirdissitting ona high voltage transmission line, butitis Not, electrocuted
Why? Whenittries ofly.ittouches anotherbirdthatissittingon secong
transmission ine ofthepole. Now, itisheavily electrocuted. Why?
5. Youare given five resistances of different magnitudes. Butyouare: ‘asked to, for
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circuitwhose resistanceis smaller than any given resistance, How canyou mak
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such circuitwith given resistances?
& _Youare givenn wires, each ofresistanceR, Whatisthe ratio of maximum tp
minimum resistance obtainable from these wires?
7. Twoelectricbulbs marked 100 W,220 Vand 200 W, 220 Vhave tungsten
filaments
ofthesame length. Which bulb will have thicker filament?
8. Whyare we advised ‘not to touch electricswitches with wethand, first ary your handy)
9. Whyisitdangerousto toucha live wirewhilestandingon earthbare footed? :
10.
Sometimes, if your one ofthe car'shead lampsis burnt or notworkingbutsecondlan
Bives light. Whatdoyouconcludeabout connection ofhead lamps from this observation)
11. _ Showthatvoltampereis equal to watt (S1 unit of power)
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
as Define and explain the term electric current? What is di
ifference between electroni:
current and conventional current?
2 How can you differentiate between emfand potential difference? What do youmeanby te
term emf? Isitreally aforce? Explain.
Explain OHM'slaw, Whatare itslimitations?_ Differentiate ohmicandnon ohmicconductst
Analyze lV characteristic graphs for metallic conductor, incandescent bulb and thermistr
to decide for ohmicandnonohmicconductors,
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{ean aricpower” Deriveits different formulae?
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the hazards of household electricity? Describe for safety measures that
te in connection with the household circuit.
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CURRENT ELECTRICITY)
12 Vis applied on a copper conductor of resistance 6 kilo-ohm. Find the
throughit? Howmuch. charge passes through its any cross-sectionalareg in,
During lightning, 15,000A current is established when 40 C charge pa,
due to potential difference between clouds and ground of 1000 V, What
lightning bolt? Find power oflightningbolt?
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The diameter of copper witeis 7.360 mm. Find the resistance of § km length ot
used forpower transmission. (Speciicresistanceafwire= 1.720% 10"ohmigtey “*™
Two resistors 15 ohm and 7Sohm are connected in series, if: voltage across 15 oh
Mis
Whatisamount of current passing through 75ohm resistor?
You are given three resistors ofS kilo-ohm, 10 kilo-ohm and 15 kilo-chm. You
Connect them indifferent posible combinations. Find the greatestand smallest
youcan obtain by connecting them together? Stance
‘Two resistors of 20ohm and 40ohm are connected in series with a 50 V batte
current and power for each resistor. Find the current and power foreach Tesistor
connected in parallel,
TY. find thy
ifthe
Two resistors of 4 kilo-ohm and 6 kilo-ohm are connected in parallel. A 10V bate
connected acrossits ends, find the values of the following quantities: ag
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:
(a) Equivalentresistance ofthe parallel combination,
(b) Currentpassing through each resistor.
(c) Potential difference across each ofthe resistance,
(Repeatthe question ifresistors are connected in series combination)
Ahouseis installed with
(a) 30 LEDbulbs of 12Weach of whichareused 10 hours daily.
(b) 5 fans of SO W each ofwhich run 18hours daily.
Find the number of electrical units used (total energy consumed in kWh) for a month ie
these devices. If PKR 15 is the rate of electrical unit, then find the monthly expenditure
electricity (one month= 30 days).