PhysicsYears 12–13Electricity

Electricity

Understand charge, current, voltage, resistance, circuit analysis, EMF and internal resistance

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a water pipe. When you turn on the tap, water flows. In an electric circuit, the battery is like a pump that pushes tiny particles called electrons around the wire.

  2. 2

    What is the 'push' from a battery called?

  3. 3

    Drag the battery voltage and resistor to see how changing voltage affects the current in the circuit.

  4. 4

    A circuit has a 6V battery and a 2Ω resistor. What is the current?

  5. 5

    If voltage = 12V and resistance = 3Ω, what is the current?

  6. 6

    Build a series circuit with a 9V battery and two 3Ω resistors. What is the total current?

  7. 7

    In a series circuit with two identical resistors, what happens to the current if you double the voltage?

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