Lab 22 Resistivity and Ohm's Law

Christian Figueroa Berrios

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Pre-Lab Questions
1. According to Ohm's Law, if you have a simple circuit (Figure 2),
what happens to the voltage and current of the resistor as the
resistance increases?

• Resistance is directly properly to the voltage. So, the

voltage of the resistor increases as the resistance
increases. Resistance is inversely properly to the
current. So, the current of the resistor decreases as
the resistance increases.
Figure 2: A simple circuit.

2. If a 100 Q resistor is attached to a 5 V battery, how much current flows through the resistor?

• V = 5V
R = 100Q

Formula:
I = V/R
= 5/100
I = 0.05A

3. If a wire's length is cut in half, what happens to the wire's resistance?

• The resistance is directly proportional to the length. So, as the length is

reduced by half, the resistance also reduced by half.

4. If a wire's area is reduced by half, what happens to the wire's resistance?

• The resistance is inversely proportional to the area. So, as the area is reduced
by half, the resistance becomes doubled.

5. If the diameter and length of a wire are split in half, what happens to the resistivity, p?

• Nothing happens to the resistivity because resistivity is the property of the

material of the resistor. Hence the resistivity remains unchanged.

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