Electric Circuits

Physics Honors 2019/20

Read below and pages 670 -671 & 680-684 in your book and answer the
following questions.

1. Cartoon Questions

a) Who invented the battery?

2. Electric Potential (Voltage): (pages 670-671) add emf

a) What is electric potential?

b) What is another name for electric potential?

c) What are the two different units used for electric potential?

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3. Flow of Charge: (page 681)

a) What causes charge to flow in an electrical circuit?

b) What is potential difference?

A common name for potential difference is…

c) Potential difference is equivalent to what in a water system.

d) While _________________can be used to create a difference in water level in a water

system, what can be used to create potential difference in an electrical system?

4. Current: (page 682)

a) What is electrical current?

b) What carries the charge through the electrical system?

c) What are the two different units used for current?

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5. Resistance: (page 684)

Add load

a) The flow of electrical charge in a circuit depends on what two things?

b) What three things affect the resistance in electrical systems?

c) With regard to resistance, thin wires have ____________ resistance than thick wires,

Long
and __________ Short wires
wires have more resistance than ________
Think about the water analogy, it is harder to drink from a thin straw vs. a
thick straw as well as 5 foot long straw vs. a short straw.
d) With regard to temperature, hotter wires generally have ____________ resistance than
cooler wires.

Explain why:

e) What are the units for resistance?

f) What is unique about a Superconductor?

Item Base Units

Variable
Units Name Symbol
Potential Difference

Current

Resistance

Power

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Circuit Symbols:

On the lines below indicate what each symbol means for in the circuit
diagram.

_______

What terminology is used for measuring Voltage?

“Voltage” drop refers to what?

What terminology is used for measuring Current?

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