EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Calculate the number of protons that would have a charge of one coulomb. (Proton charge .)

Important Questions on Electric Current, Potential Difference and Resistance
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Which of the following quantities of electric charge is possible? Explain how you know. .

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Calculate the current in a gold wire of crosssectional area when the mean drift velocity of the electrons in the wire is . The electron number density for gold is .

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Calculate the mean drift velocity of electrons in a copper wire of diameter with a current of . The electron number density for copper is .

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A length of copper wire is joined in series to a length of silver wire of the same diameter. Both wires have a current in them when connected to a battery. Explain how the mean drift velocity of the electrons will change as they travel from the copper into the silver. Electron number densities:
Copper
Silver .

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A car headlamp bulb has a resistance of . Calculate the current in the lamp when connected to a battery.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
You can buy lamps of different brightness to fit in light fittings at home (Figure). A watt lamp glows more brightly than a watt lamp. Explain which of the lamps has the higher resistance.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
(a ) Calculate the potential difference across a motor carrying a current of and having a resistance of .

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
(b) Calculate the potential difference across the same motor when the current is doubled. Assume its resistance remains constant.
