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Electricity

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34 marks
A 12 V battery is connected to a 6 Ω resistor in parallel with a 12 Ω resistor. Calculate the total current from the battery.
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62 marks
Calculate the energy transferred when 20 C of charge passes through a potential difference of 12 V.
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92 marks
Calculate the energy transferred when 3000 C of charge passes through a potential difference of 230 V.
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113 marks
Explain why a light-dependent resistor is used in automatic street lights.
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133 marks
Explain why touching the live wire is dangerous even if the switch is off.
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152 marks
Describe the electric field around a negatively charged sphere.
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173 marks
Explain why a fuse is used in a plug.
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194 marks
Explain why the resistance of a filament lamp increases as the current increases.
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232 marks
Calculate the current in a 4 Ω resistor connected to a 12 V supply.
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282 marks
Calculate the current in a 46 Ω resistor connected to a 230 V supply.
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332 marks
Calculate the current in a 1.5 Ω resistor connected to a 6 V supply.
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341 mark
What is the unit of potential difference?
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