Which of the following is not a good conductor of electricity?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following is the term given to materials that do not conduct electricity?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following components is represented by the circuit symbol shown?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following components is represented by the circuit symbol shown?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following components is not represented by the circuit symbols shown?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following will happen if you add more lamps in series to a series circuit with one lamp?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following is the correct unit for a measurement from an ammeter?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following is the correct unit for resistance?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Why does a resistor, such as the one shown, have coloured stripes on it?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
An identical resistor is added in series to the circuit shown.
Which of the following will happen?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
When the circuit shown is switched on, in which of the following orders will the lamps light up?
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following statements correctly describes the brightness of the lamps in the circuit shown?
Assume the lamps are identical.
Electrical resistance
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which two of the following statements about electricity are correct?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
No diagram
In a fair test, the variable(s) that need to be kept the same are called ...
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following will happen if another battery is added (correctly aligned and in series) to the circuit shown?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following will happen if two identical batteries are connected in series with a lamp, but aligned in opposite directions?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following resistors will oppose the flow of current the most?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following will happen if a resistor in a series circuit is moved closer to the battery?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which two of the following statements explain what will happen to a metal atom when it loses an electron?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
No diagram
Which two of the following metals are the best conductors of electricity?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
No diagram
Which of the following statements explain why a thinner metal wire has a higher resistance than a thicker one, per metre?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
The image shown is a representation of the arrangement of the particles in a metal.
Which of the following particles do the small, blue spheres represent?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following statements explain why models are useful when describing electricity?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
3
No diagram
Which of the following statements explains what will happen to the resistance and the current carried by a wire if its cross–sectional area is increased?
Thickness of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following particles are the moving charges in a metal?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements explain what happens if a bare copper wire is folded in half and doubled back on itself?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
No diagram
Which of the following statements explain what we mean when we say two variables are proportional?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements describe the role of the plastic insulation around the copper wires in the cable shown?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
3
Diagram
The two wires shown are made from the same material.
Which of the following resistances is the resistance of the thin wire?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
A wire with a cross–sectional area of 1 mm² allows a current of 0.2 A to flow through it.
What current will flow in a wire of the same material with a cross–sectional area of 4 mm²?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements describes the cause of resistance in metal wires?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
The image shown is a representation of the arrangment of the particles in a metal.
Which of the following particles do the black spheres represent?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
A metal wire has a resistance of 6 Ω.
Which of the following resistances is the new resistance of the wire if its length is increased by three times?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following resistances is the total resistance of the combination of resistors shown?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
A current of 0.4 A flows through a resistance cable which is 12 m long.
What current will flow through 3 m of the same resistance cable?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
The cross–sectional area of a wire is doubled and the length is halved.
Which of the following statements describes what will happen to the resistance of the wire?
Length of a wire
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements about series circuits is correct?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following resistances is the total resistance of the combination of resistors shown?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
A 20 cm wire has a resistance of 60 Ω.
Which of the following lengths of wire would have a resistance of 15 Ω?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements describes how an ammeter should be connected to measure the current through a component?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements describes how a voltmeter should be connected to measure the voltage across a component?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following rules are important when drawing circuit diagrams?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
3
No diagram
Which of the following statements about parallel circuits are correct?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
No diagram
Which of the following rules are not important when building a circuit from a circuit diagram?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
A pupil has drawn a circuit diagram of a circuit they used to measure the voltage across a lamp.
Which of the following errors have they made when constructing the circuit diagram shown?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
3
Diagram
Which of the circuits shown, A, B, C, or D, is the odd one out?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
Diagram
Which of the following statements about voltage and current are correct?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements about the two circuits shown are correct?
Making parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
2
Diagram
Which of the following statements about series circuits is correct?
Voltage in parallel circuits
Multiple choice
Year 9
1
No diagram
Which of the following statements about parallel circuits is correct?
