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    This document contains a series of questions about electrical concepts like voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law. The questions involve calculating missing values in tables, sketching graphs showing relationships between variables, determining resistance from graphs, and solving circuit problems using Ohm's law.

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    This document contains a series of questions about electrical concepts like voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law. The questions involve calculating missing values in tables, sketching graphs showing relationships between variables, determining resistance from graphs, and solving circuit problems using Ohm's law.

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    Ohm's Law Worksheet

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    Harani Thillainathan
    This document contains a series of questions about electrical concepts like voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law. The questions involve calculating missing values in tables, sketching graphs showing relationships between variables, determining resistance from graphs, and solving circuit problems using Ohm's law.

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    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    Exercise Questions
    1. In what units are the following measured:
    (a) voltage or potential difference : ___________
    (b) current : ____________
    (c) resistance : ______________

    2. a) Find the missing values.

    Potential Current Resistance


    Difference (Volts)
    (Amps) (Ohms)

    12 4

    9 3

    6 2

    3 1

    b) Sketch a graph of the results


    Potential
    Difference
    (V)

    Current (A)

    a) What is the relationship between voltage (potential difference) and current?


    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________
    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    3. What voltage or potential difference is used by an electrical appliance that draws 0.4
    amps of current and has a resistance of 3 ohms?

    4. A light bulb uses 240 volts of electricity and draws a current of 2 amps. What is its
    resistance?

    5. Calculate the current used by a television that runs on 240 volts and has a resistance
    of 600 ohms.

    6. Complete the following table:

    Current Resistance Voltage


    (amps) (ohms) (volts)
    (a) 0.1 600

    (b) 0.25 1000

    (c) 0.4 240

    (d) 0.5 240

    (e) 1000 200


    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    7. Varying the potential difference between 0 and 9 volts you measure the current
    through a nichrome wire, gauge 26 and length 50 cm.

    Your results are shown in the table below:

    Potential Difference (V) Current (A)


    0 0
    1.5 0.35
    3 0.7
    4.5 1
    6 1.4
    7.5 1.7
    9 2

    a) Draw a graph of the current (I ) as a function of the potential difference (V ).

    b) From the graph, determine the resistance of the wire.


    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    8. In an electric circuit, the potential difference across the terminals of a resistor was set
    at different levels and the resulting current intensity was measured. The measurements
    are recorded in the table below:

    Potential Difference (V) Current (A)


    0 0
    5 1.0
    20 4.1
    35 7.1
    40 8.1

    Draw a graph using the above data and then use the graph to determine the resistance
    of this resistor.
    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    9. The electric current passing through a resistor has been measured for different
    voltages. The following graph shows the results.

    I (A)

    U (V)
    0 5 10 15

    What is the value of the resistance of the resistor?

    10. Ohm's Law gives the voltage at the terminals of a resistance as a function of the
    current intensity in the resistance.

    Which one of the following graphs represents Ohm's Law for a given resistance?

    A) Voltage C) Voltage

    0 Current 0 Current

    B) Voltage D) Voltage

    0 Current 0 Current
    Name: ________________________ Date: ______________________

    11. The heating element of an electric stove has a resistance of 50 . It is connected to
    a power source of 220 V and turned on for 2.0 minutes.

    What is the current which flows through this heating element?

    12. One heating element of an industrial oven has a resistance of 50 . A current of 11
    A passes through it for 2.0 minutes.

    What is the potential difference across this heating element?

    13. When a voltage of 5.0 V is applied to a metal conductor, the intensity of the current
    crossing it is 3.0 A.

    What will be the intensity of the current which crosses this resistor if a voltage of 15.0 V
    is applied?

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