THE INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
GRADE 8 PHYSICS DATE:
WORKSHEET 2
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
1.
Fig. 9.1 shows a 12 V battery connected in a circuit containing resistors A, B, C and D. Each resistor
Ω.
has a resistance of 6.0
12 V
A B
D
C
Fig. 9.1
(a) Calculate the combined resistance of
(i) resistors A and B,
resistance = ................................................................. [1]
(ii) resistors A, B and C,
resistance = ................................................................. [2]
(iii) resistors A, B, C and D.
resistance = ................................................................. [1]
(b) Calculate
(i) the current in the battery,
current = ................................................................. [1]
(ii) the energy transferred from the battery to the circuit in 50 s.
energy transferred = ................................................................. [2]
[Total: 7]
In Fig. 9.1, a 12 V battery supplies a current I to a circuit. The circuit contains a thermistor and a
1000 resistor in parallel, with a 500 resistor in series.
2. 12 V
500
1000
Fig. 9.1
(a) At a certain temperature, the thermistor has a resistance of 1000 .
Calculate
(i) the combined resistance of the thermistor and the 1000 resistor,
resistance = ................................................ [2]
(ii) the current I,
current = ................................................ [1]
(iii) the potential difference across the 500 resistor.
potential difference = ................................................ [2]
(b) The temperature of the thermistor is increased so that its resistance decreases.
State the effect of this change in resistance on the current through the 500 resistor. Explain
your answer.
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.............................................................................................................................................. [2]
[Total: 7]
3.
The circuit of Fig. 7.1 includes an immersion heater and a 6.0
V battery.
6.0 V
X
A
heater
Fig. 7.1
The
(b) heater is designed to work from a 3.6
V supply. It has a power rating of 4.5 W at this
State
(a) the name and purpose of component X.
voltage.
name
is the correct potential difference across the heater.
purpose
[1]
By considering the current in the heater calculate the resistance of component X when there
resistance = [5]
(c)
Suggest why this happens.
[2]
[Total: 8]
Sometimes after the heater is switched on, the ammeter reading is seen to have decreased