Name: _____________________________________Date: _________Class: _______

Chapter 17: Electricity – Sections 1 and 2 Review

Standards:
SPS10a. – Static Electricity: Investigate static electricity in terms of friction, induction, and
conduction.
SPS10.b – Explain the flow of electrons in terms of alternating and direct current; the relationship
among voltage, resistance, and current; simple series and parallel circuits.

Charges can be ______ And exist because _________

or _________ and _______ have _______

and _______ charges.

How does an object become charged?

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-States that when an object becomes
charged, charge is neither created nor
destroyed. Usually, electrons are moved
from one object to another.

Charges Exert Forces:

Charges involved: What Happens?

2 Like Charges
2 Unlike Charges

Why do clothes want to cling together when you remove them from the dryer?

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What is an electric field? Sketch of Electric Field

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Name: _____________________________________Date: _________Class: _______

Ohm’s Law Practice Problems

𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑉
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝐼=𝑅

Units: Current is measured in amperes (A)

Voltage difference is measured in volts (V)
Resistance is measured in ohms (Ω)

1. A walkman uses a standard 1.5 V battery. How much

resistance is in the circuit if it uses a current of 0.01 A?

2. What current flows through a hair dryer plugged into a 110 Volt circuit if it has a
resistance of 25 ohms?

3. A 12 Volt car battery pushes charge through the headlight circuit resistance of 10 ohms.
How much current is passing through the circuit?

4. An electric heater works by passing a current of 100 A though a coiled metal wire,
making it red hot. If the resistance of the wire is 1.1 ohms, what voltage must be applied
to it?

5. A subwoofer needs a household voltage of 110 V to push a current of 5.5 A through its
coil (circuit). What is the resistance of the subwoofer?

6. A light bulb has a resistance of 5 ohms and a maximum current of 10 A. How much
voltage can be applied before the bulb will break?

7. If a circuit has a 12 V battery pushing a current across a 3 Ω resistor, what is the current
produced through the circuit?

8. Calculate the voltage difference in a circuit with a resistance of 25 Ω if the current in the
circuit is 0.5 A.

9. A current of 0.5 A flows in a 60 W light bulb when the voltage difference between the
ends of the filament is 120 V. What is the resistance of the filament?