NCERT Solutions for Class 7

Science
Chapter No. 14 – Electric Current and its Effect

1) Draw in your notebook the symbols to represent the following

components of electrical circuits. Connecting wires, switch in the OFF
position, bulb, cell, switch in ON position, and battery.
Ans: The symbols for the following component of electric circuits are:
(a) Connecting wire:

(b) Switch in the Off position:

(c) Bulb:

(d) Cell:

(e) Switch in ON position:

(f) Battery:

2) Draw the circuit diagram to represent the circuit shown in Fig. 14.3.

Ans: The circuit diagram for the above representation can be drawn by
connecting a bulb, cell, and switch in on mode. Hence, the circuit diagram will
be;

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3) Fig. 14.4. Shows four cells fixed on a board. Draw lines to indicate how
you will connect their terminals with wires to make a battery of four
cells.

Ans: The cells are connected to each other to make a battery. In, a battery the
negative end of a cell is connected to the positive end of the other cell. Hence,
the cells are connected by opposite ends to make a battery.

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4) The bulb in the circuit shown in Fig. 14.5 does not glow. Can you
indicate the problem? Make necessary changes in the circuit to make
the bulb glow.

Ans: The bulb is not glowing because the cell is not Connecting systematically,
the cells of a battery should be connected by opposite ends. So, the correct
connection of the circuit will be:

Hence, the bulb will grow after connecting the negative terminal of a cell to the
positive terminal of another cell.

5) Name any two effects of electric current.

Ans: When an electric current is passed through any device or wire, then it
shows heating and magnetic effect through the wire.
Hence, the two effects of electric current are the heating effect and magnetic
effect.

6) When the current is switched on through a wire, a compass needle kept

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 nearby gets deflected from its north-south position. Explain.
Ans: When the current is passed through a wire then the wire behaves like a
tiny magnet. This is called the magnetic effect of current. So, when we kept a
compass needle near that current flowing wire, it gets deflected from its north-
south position due to the magnetic field produced by the wire.

7) Will the compass needle show the deflection when the switch in the
circuit shown by Fig. 14.24 is closed?

Ans: When the switch of the circuit is in a closed position then the circuit is not
complete and no flow of current will take place in this case. No flow of current
means no magnetic field produced. The compass needle shows deflection only
in the presence of a magnetic field. Hence, the compass needle did not show
deflection when the switch is off.

8) Fill in the blanks

(a) Longer line in the symbol represents the __________terminal.
Ans: Longer line in the symbol represents the positive terminal.
(b) The combination of two or more cells is called _______.
Ans: The combination of two or more cells is called battery.
(c) When a current is switched ON in a room heater, it _________.
Ans: When a current is switched ON in a room heater, it produces heat.
(d) The safety device based on the heating effect of electric current is called
_______.

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Ans: The safety device based on the heating effect of electric current is called
fuse.

9) Mark ‘T” if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:

(a) To make a battery of two cells, the negative terminal of one cell is
connected to the negative terminal of the other cell.
Ans: F
(b) When the current through the fuse exceeds a certain limit, the fuse wire
melts and breaks.
Ans: T
(c) An electromagnet does not attract a piece of iron.
Ans: F
(d) An electric bell has an electromagnet.
Ans: T

10) Do you think an electromagnet can be used for separating plastic

bags from a garbage heap? Explain.
Ans: An electromagnet can be made by flowing electricity through the
conductor or wire. It only attracts electromagnetic materials like iron. It does
not attract plastic or plastic bag. So, it cannot be used to separate plastic bags
from the garbage as it is not attracted by an electromagnet.

11) An electrician is carrying out some repairs in your house. He wants

to replace a fuse with a piece of wire. Would you agree? Give reasons
for your response.
Ans: The fuse is made of a very low melting point wire So when the amount of
electricity exceeds a limited amount of electricity. Then it melts and breaks, So
our home is safe from short circuits. But the melting point of the metallic wire

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is high and it won't melt and break when the amount of electricity exceeds. So,
we did not allow him to replace the fuse with a wire.

12) Zubeda made an electric circuit using a cell holder shown in Fig.
14.4, a switch and a bulb. When she put the switch in the ON position,
the bulb did not glow. Help Zubeda in identifying the possible defects in
the circuit.
Ans: There can be several defects in a circuit due to which the bulb does not
glow. Some of the common defects may be;
i The connection of the wire to the cell and bulb may be loose.
ii The cell used in the circuit may be used up.
iii The switch is defective.
iv The bulb is fused.

13) In the circuit shown in Fig. 14.25.

(i) Would any of the bulbs will glow when the switch is in the ‘OF’
position?
Ans: When the switch is off then the circuit will be incomplete and no current
will flow through the circuit. So, the bulb will not glow.
(ii) What will be the order in which bulbs A, B, C will glow when switch
is moved to the ‘ON’ position?
Ans: When the switch is on then the current flows through the circuit very
quickly and all three bulbs will glow at the same time.

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