Questions: Electric circuits
Pick a question type. Each time you get new numbers. Free ones are marked free.
Circuit symbols, charge and current
- Circuit symbolsName, 1 mark, free
- Connecting ammeters and voltmetersChoose, 1 mark, free
- Charge and current: the ideasGive, 1 mark, free
- Charge from current and timeCalculate, 2 marks, free
- Charge with the time in minutesCalculate, 3 marks, free
- Charge with the current in mACalculate, 3 marks, free
- Current from charge and time, in A and mACalculate, 3 marks, free
- Time from charge and current, in minutesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
Potential difference and resistance
- Potential difference from V = IRCalculate, 3 marks, free
- Resistance from V = IRCalculate, 3 marks, free
- Current in mA through a kΩ resistorCalculate, 3 marks, free
- Ohmic conductorsChoose, 1 mark, free
- Choosing the right form of V = IRChoose, 3 marks, free
- Resistance in kΩ from a current in mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Three resistors, three rearrangementsCalculate, 6 marks, Plus
- Charge and time, then resistanceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
Current-potential difference graphs
- Which component made this I-V graph?Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Resistance from a straight I-V graphDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Two resistors on one I-V graphCompare, 5 marks, Plus
- The resistance of a filament lamp at two pointsCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Reading a diode graphDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: I-V variablesChoose, 3 marks, Plus
- Required practical: anomaly, mean and resistanceDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: plotting a lamp I-V graphPlot, 6 marks, Plus
- Plan the I-V characteristics practical (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus
Series circuits
- Total resistance in seriesCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Current in a series circuitCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- How a series circuit shares the p.d.Calculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Finding an unknown resistor from meter readingsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Series resistors in kΩ, current in mACalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Rules for series circuits (tick two)Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Cells in seriesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Three resistors in series: complete the tableComplete, 4 marks, Plus
Parallel circuits
- Branch currents in a parallel circuitCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Currents at a junction, then a resistanceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Total resistance of two resistors in parallelChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Rules for parallel circuits (tick two)Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Why parallel resistors lower the total resistanceExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Adding identical lamps in parallelCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- The same two resistors in series and in parallelCompare, 6 marks, Plus
Sensors and the resistance practical
- Light-dependent resistorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- ThermistorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Sensing circuits: how the readings changeExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Reading a thermistor graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- Required practical: resistance from length dataCalculate, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: plot resistance against lengthPlot, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: variables for the wire investigationChoose, 4 marks, Plus
- Plan the resistance of a wire practical (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: resistors in series and in parallelCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
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