FORM 5

CHAPTER 2:ELECTRICITY

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2.1
1.

Electric fields and charge flow

An electric field exists in the space surrounding a _____________ body.

2.

Draw the patterns of electric field lines of the charges below:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

3.

Like charges ___________ each other , unlike charges __________each other.

4.

An electric current is defined as ______________________________________

Electric current, I

5.

Ch arg e, Q
Time , t

(Q measured in ___________, C)

Electric current is measured with an ______________ in SI unit _____________

Exercise
1.

A charge of 30 coulombs flows

through a bulb in1 minute. What
is the current flowing in the bulb?

1000 C of charges to flow through

the lamp?
4.

2.

A fuse wire will burn if a current of

13A flows through it for 100ms.
Determine
(a) the quantity of charge that
flows through the fuse wire.

A car battery can supply a current

of 4A for 5s. What is the amount of
charge stored in the battery?

(b) the number of electrons that

flow through the fuse wire if
the charge on 1 electron is
1.6x10-19C.

3.

A current of 2.0A flows through a

lamp. How long does it take for

5.

Draw the symbols of these electrical items.

Cells

ammeter
voltmeter

Switch : open
: closed

connecting wire
bulb
resistor
rheostat

2.2

1.

The relationship between electric current and potential difference

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The _________________V, between two points in a circuit is defined as the
_______________W, in moving _______________ of charge from one point to
the other point.
It is measured with a ______________ in SI unit _________ V

2.

Sketch a graph to show the relationship between potential difference ,V and

current, I for a resistor that obeys Ohms law.

3.

State the Ohms law.

Ohms law state that the __________ that passes through an ohmic conductor
is
_____________________________ to the ____________________ applied
across it if the ___________________ and other physical conditions are
constant.
By Ohms law,

V I ,
V
= constant
I

[ known as the resistance ]

4.

The ___________________ of a conductor is defined as the ratio of the potential

difference,V, across the conductor to the current, I, flowing through the conductor.
V
R=
I

5.

In the table below, write down the relevant hypothesis for each of the
experiments to investigate the factors affecting the resistance, R of the
conductor.

6.

Diagram

Hypothesis

the conductorThe of
temperature
the conductor
of The type ofarea
material
of theThe cross-sectional
conductor, l Length of the

Factors

Graph

The resistance,R is
_______________________
to the length of the
conductor

The resistance,R is
_______________________
to the cross-sectional area
of the conductor

Different conductors with

the
same
physical
conditions have different
resistance

The higher the temperature

of the conductor, the higher
the _________________

What are the factors affecting the resistance of a conductor?

a) _______________________________________
b) _______________________________________
c) _______________________________________
d) _______________________________________

Exercise
1.
In the diagrams
V=?below, determine the values for V, I9Vand R.

1.5A
6

I=?
6

(a)

(b)

I=____

R=____

R=____

V=____

V=
=
=

I=

(c)

(d)

12V

240V

3mA

I=?

A
2k

R=?

2.3
1.

I= ___

R=____

V= ___

V=_____

R=
Series and parallel circuits
Match the circuits below

I=
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Parallel circuit

Series circuit

1.
2.

Series circuit
I I 1 I 2 I 3 .....

1.
2.

V V1 V2 V3 ....

Parallel circuit
I I 1 I 2 I 3 .....
V V1 V2 V3 .....

3.

R R1 R2 R3 ....

1
1
1
1

....
R R1 R2 R3
4. Has __________ path for the current to
flow
5. The current is different at __________
points.
6. The potential different across all the
components is the _________

3.

4. Has only ____path for the current to

flow.
5. The current is the ______ throughout
the circuit.
6. The component with the largest
resistance has the _________- potential
difference across it.
7. ___ current flows when the switch is
open.

7. Current stops only in the branch that is

open. Current __________ to flow in other
branches.
3. In the circuits below, determine the reading of the ammeter marked by ?

(a)

(b) ____

(c) _____

(d) _________

5.

A 8 resistor and a 12 resistor are connected in series. The current in the 8

resistor is 1.5A and the potential difference across it is 12V. What is the current
and the potential difference across the 12 resistance?

6.

When two identical resistors are connected in parallel, the effective resistance is
3. What is the effective resistance if the two resistors are connected in series?