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ICSE-CURRENT ELECTRICITY-EXERCISE-8(A)
  1. Which particles are responsible for current in conductors?

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  2. Explain the flow of current in a metallic wire on the basis of movemen...

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  3. What is the cause of resistance offered by the metallic wire in the fl...

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  4. State Ohm's law and draw a neat labelled circuit diagram containing a ...

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  5. Name and state the law which relates the potential difference and curr...

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  6. Part (a): name and state the law which relates the potential differenc...

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  7. The relationship between the potential difference and the current in a...

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  8. Draw an 1-V graph for a linear resistor. What does its slope represent...

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  9. What is an ohmic resistor ? Give one example of an ohmic resistor. Dra...

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  10. What is an ohmic resistor ? Give one example of an ohmic resistor. Dra...

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  11. Give two differences between an ohmic and non ohmic resistor.

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  12. Fig. shows I-V curves for two resistors. Identify the ohmic and non-oh...

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  13. Draw a V-I graph for a conductor at two different temperatures. What c...

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  14. How does the resistance of a wire depend on its radius? Explain your a...

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  15. Two copper wires are of the same length, but one is thicker than the o...

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  16. How does the resistance of a wire depend on its length ? Give a reason...

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  17. How does the resistivity of a consuctor depend upon temperature and el...

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  18. Two wires, one of copper and the other of iron, are of the same length...

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  19. Name three factors on which resistance of a given wire depends and sta...

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  20. Define the term "specific resistance and state its S.I. unit.

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