ELECTRICITY WORKSHEET 4
ELECTRICITY WORKSHEET 4
ELECTRICITY WORKSHEET 4
WORKSHEET
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1. The area of cross section of wire becomes half 11. A wire of length of l and area of cross section A
when its length is stretched to double. How the was drawn into a wire of double the length by
resistance of wire is affected in new condition? melting it. If its resistance was 20 Ohm. What
will be its new resistance?
2. The resistivity of a metal wire is 10 x 10−8 Ω m
12. A wire of resistance 10 ohms is drawn out so
at 20°C. Find the resistance of the same wire of that its length is thrice the original length. Find
2 meter length and 0.3 mm thickness. its new resistance (resistivity and density of the
3. The resistance of an electric wire of an alloy is wire does not change.)
10 Ω. If the thickness of wire is 0.001 meter, and
length is 1 m, find its resistivity. 13. A wire of resistance 16 ohm is drawn out so that
its length is half the original length. Find the
percentage change in resistance (resistivity and
4. What will be the resistivity of a metal wire of 2 density of the wire does not change.)
m length and 0.6 mm in diameter, if the
resistance of the wire is 50 Ω. 14. What length of a copper wire of cross of copper
5. The table given below shows the resistivity of -sectional = area0.01 square would be required
three Material X, Y and Z? to obtain a resistance of 1kohm. Resistivity
Samples X Y Z copper =1.7×10-8 ohm m.
3 X 10-9 11.1 X 0-6 18X10-17 15. The specific resistance of a metal wire is 64×10
Resistivity
−6 Ωcm., the length is 198 cm and the resistance
is 7Ω. The radius of the wire is?
6. Arrange the samples in increasing order of
conductivity 16. A negligibly small current is passed through a
b. Which of these is best conductor? wire of length 15 m and uniform cross-section
c. Which are these is best insulator? 6.0×10−7 m2, and its resistance is measured to
be 5.0 Ω. What is the resistivity of the material
at the temperature of the experiment?
7. The electrical resistivities of four materials A, B,
C and D are given below : 17. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5 mm and a
A 110 × 10–8 Ohm-m resistivity of 1.6 × 10–8 ohm m.
B 1.0 × 1010 Ohm-m (a) What will be the length of this wire to make
C. 10.0 × 10–8 Ohm-m its resistance 10 ohm?
D.2.3 × 103 Ohm-m (b) How much does the resistance change if the
diameter is doubled ?
Which material is : (a) good conductor (b)
resistor (c) insulator, and (d) semiconductor? 18. Give one example to show how the resistance
8. Aluminum wire has a radius of 0.25 mm. and depends on the nature of material of the
length of 75mm. If the resistance of the wire is conductor.
10 ohm. Calculate the resistivity of aluminum. (b) Calculate the resistance of an aluminium
cable of length 10 km and diameter 2.0 mm if
9. A wire of length of l and area of cross-section A the resistivity of aluminum is 2.7 × 10–8 Ohm
was drawn into a wire of double the length by m.
melting it. If its original resistivity and
resistance were p and R respectively. What will 19. Calculate the area of cross-section of a wire if its
be its new resistivity and resistance? length is 1.0 m, its resistance is 23 ohm and the
resistivity of the material of the wire is 1.84 ×
10–6 ohm m.