Physics Module Form 5 Chapter 2- Electricity GCKL 2011 2-1 CHARGE AND ELECTRIC CURRENT Van de Graaf 1. What is a Van de Graaff generator? Fill in each of the boxes the name of the part shown. A device that ...................... and ........................................ at high voltage on its dome. 2. You will feel a brief _________ shock when your finger is brought close to the dome of the generator. (B) EXPLANATION i. When the motor of the Van de Graaff generator is switched on, it drives the rubber belt. This cause the rubber belt to rub against the roller and hence becomes _______ charged. The charge is then carried by the moving belt up to the metal _______ where it is collected. A large amount of _________ charge is built up on the dome. ii. The electric field around the metal dome of the generator can produced a strong force of ___________ between the opposite charges. ___________ will suddenly accelerate from the finger to the dome of the generator and causes a spark. 2.1 + + + + + + + + + +
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Physics Module Form 5 Chapter 2- Electricity GCKL 2011
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CHARGE AND ELECTRIC CURRENT
Van de Graaf
1. What is a Van de Graaff generator? Fill in each of the boxes the name of the part shown.
A device that ...................... and ........................................ at high voltage on its dome.
2. You will feel a brief _________ shock when your finger is brought close to the dome of the
generator.
(B) EXPLANATION
i. When the motor of the Van de Graaff generator is switched on, it drives the rubber belt. This
cause the rubber belt to rub against the roller and hence becomes _______ charged. The
charge is then carried by the moving belt up to the metal _______ where it is collected. A
large amount of _________ charge is built up on the dome.
ii. The electric field around the metal dome of the generator can produced a strong force of
___________ between the opposite charges. ___________ will suddenly accelerate from the
finger to the dome of the generator and causes a spark.
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iii. When the wire touches the dome, the microammeter needle is deflected. This shows that a
__________ is flowing through the galvanometer.
iv. The electric current is produced by the flow of ____________ from earth through the
galvanometer to the metal dome to neutralize the positive charges on its surface.
v. The metal dome can be safely touched with the finger as all the positive charges on it have
been ________________.
2. What will happen if the charged dome of the
Van de Graaff is connected to the earth via a
microammeter? Explain.
There is a ................of the pointer of the
meter.
This indicates an electric current ..............
The microammeter needle is returned
to its .................................. position when the
Van de Graaf is switched off.
3. Predict what will happen if a discharging metal
sphere to the charged dome.
When the discharging metal sphere is
brought near the charged dome, .................
occurs.
An electric current ....................
4. The flow of electrical charges produces .........................................
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Electric Current
1. Electric current is defined as the ................................................................................................
2. In symbols, it is given as:
where I = ...............................
Q = ...............................
t = ...............................
(i) The SI unit of charge is (Ampere / Coulomb / Volt)
(ii) The SI unit of time is (minute / second / hour)
(iii) The SI unit of current is (Ampere / Coulomb / Volt) is equivalent to (Cs // C-1
s // Cs-1
)
(iv) By rearranging the above formula, Q = ( It / t
I / I
t )
3. 1 Coulomb (C) = 1 Ampere Second (As)
4. Example :
Charge of 1 electron = ……………………..
Charge of 1 proton = …………………….
5. Total Charge :
I = Q
t
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Electric Field
a. An electric field is a ................in which an ......................... experiences a .........................
b. An electric field can be represented by a number of lines indicate both the ................ and
....................of the field.
c. The principles involved in drawing electric field lines are :
(i) electric field lines always extend from a .............................................. object to a
.........................-charged object to infinity, or from ................. to a ..................-charged object,
(ii) electric field lines never ..................... each other,
(iii) electric field lines are ...................in a ....................... electric field.
EFFECT OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD ON A PING PONG BALL
(a)
(b)
(c)
Observation:
(a) The ball will still remain ..........................
This is because the force exert on the ball by the
............................ plate is .................. to the
force exerted on it by the ........................ plate.
(b) If the ping pong ball is displaced to the right
to touch the ............................... plate, it will
then be charged with ........................... charge
and will be pushed .......................... the
.......................... plate.
(c) When the ping pong ball touches the
........................... plate, it will be charged with
........................... charge and will be pushed
........................... the ............................. plate.
This process repeats again and again, causes the
ping pong ball ............................ to and fro
continuously between the two plates.
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Conclusion
1. Electric field is a ......................................................................................................
2. Like charges .................. each other but opposite charges ........................ each other.
3. Electric field lines are ...................... in an electric field. The direction of the field lines is
from ................... to ..........................
EXERCISE 2.1
1. 5 C of charge flows through a wire in 10 s. What is the current in the wire?
2. A charge of 300 C flow through a bulb in every 2 minutes. What is the electric current in the
bulb?
3. The current in a lamp is 0.2 A. Calculate the amount of electric charge that passes through
the lamp in 1 hour.
4. If a current of 0.8 A flows in a wire, how many electrons pass through the wire in one
minute? (Given: The charge on an electron is 1.6 x 10-19
C)
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An electric current of 200 mA flows through a resistor for 3 seconds, what is the
(a) electric charge
(b) the number of electrons which flow through the resistor?
IDEAS OF POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE
(a)
(b)
Pressure at point P is ................... than the
pressure at point Q
Water will flow from .... to .....when the
valve is opened.
This due to the ............... in the pressure of
water
Gravitational potential energy at X is ........
than the gravitational potential energy at Y.
The apple will fall from ... to ...when the apple
is released.
This due to the ................... in the gravitational
potential energy.
P Q
X
Y
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(c) Similarly,
Point A is connected to .............terminal
Point B is connected to ..............terminal
Electric potential at A is ......................... than the electric
potential at B.
Electric current flows from A to B, passing the bulb in
the circuit and .........................the bulb.
This is due to the electric ............................... between
the two terminals.
As the charges flow from A to B, work is done when
electrical energy is transformed to ......... and .......energy.
The .................................... between two points in a
circuit is defined as the amount of work done, W when
one coulomb of charge passes from one point to the
other point in an electric field.
The potential difference,V between the two points will
be given by:
where W is work or energy in Joule (J)
Q is charge in Coulomb (C)
A B
Bulb
V = echQuantityof
Work
arg = Q
W
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EXPERIMENT 1: TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRENT
AND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE FOR AN OHMIC CONDUCTOR.
(a) (b)
Figure (a) and figure (b) show two electrical circuits. Why do the ammeters show different readings?
Why do the bulbs light up with different intensity?
Referring to the figure (a) and (b) complete the following table:
(a) Inference The current flowing through the bulb is influenced by the potential difference
across it. (b) Hypothesis
(c) Aim To determine the relationship between current and potential difference for a
constantan wire. (d) Variables
(i) manipulated variable :
(ii) responding variable :
(iii) fixed variable :
Apparatus / materials :
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Method :
1. Set up the apparatus as shown in the figure.
2. Turn on the switch and adjust the rheostat so that the ammeter reads
the current, I= 0.2 A.
3. Read and record the potential difference, V across the wire.
Tabulation of
data
:
Current,I/A Volt, V/V
0.2 1.0
0.3 1.5
0.4 2.0
0.5 2.5
0.6 3.0
0.7 3.5
Analysis of data : Draw a graph of V against I .
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