EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Complete the following table by identifying the component described in the first column :

Description Component
Gives out Heat and Light  
Resistance changes as the temperature changes  
Provides the push to make a current flow  
Blows when the current is too high  
Makes and breaks the circuit  
Has less resistance on a sunny day  
Adjusted to change the resistance in a circuit  

 

Important Questions on Electrical Circuits

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Using the symbols of basic electronic circuits, for a variable potential divider.Draw a circuit that allows the potential difference across a lamp to be varied from  0 V to 12 V.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

The figure shown below is a potential divider. The potential difference across R1 is 8V Calculate the ratio of R1:R2.

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Draw a diode in a circuit with a cell and a lamp so that current will flow.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Why might a diode be a good idea in a circuit ?
HARD
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

In a rather complicated looking circuit, there are several lamps, LED's and LDR

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For each LED decide whether or not it will light up. Mark each LED that lights up with a tick .

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

In a rather complicated looking circuit, there are several lamps, LED's and LDR's

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For each lamp decide whether or not it will light up. Mark each Lamp that lights up with a tick .

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Calculate the combined resistance of four 120 Ω connected in series.
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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Looking at the circuit shown in the diagram. State whether the three resistors are connected in series or parallel.

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