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Electric Circuits

Question 1
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

What is the fundamental definition of electric current?

Question 2
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A conductor has 30 C of charge pass through a fixed point in 6 seconds. What is the current in the conductor?

Question 3
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
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A wire carries a current of 500 milliamperes. How much charge flows through the wire in 2 minutes?

Question 4
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A circuit has a current of 200 mA. How long will it take for 24 Coulombs of charge to pass through the circuit?

Question 5
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

In a circuit, how does the direction of conventional current relate to the direction of electron flow?

Question 6
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

In a simple circuit with a battery and a resistor, what is the direction of the conventional current flow?

Question 7
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A copper wire has a charge carrier density n=8.5×1028 m−3n = 8.5 \times 10^{28} \text{ m}^{-3}n=8.5×1028 m−3 and carries a current of 5 A. If the drift velocity of the electrons is 3.67×10−4 m/s3.67 \times 10^{-4} \text{ m/s}3.67×10−4 m/s, and the charge of an electron is 1.6×10−19 C1.6 \times 10^{-19} \text{ C}1.6×10−19 C, what is the cross-sectional area of the wire?

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Question 8
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A cylindrical aluminum wire has a radius of 1 mm1 \text{ mm}1 mm and carries a current of 3 A3 \text{ A}3 A. The number of free electrons per cubic meter in aluminum is 6.0×10286.0 \times 10^{28}6.0×1028. What is the drift velocity of the electrons?

Question 9
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A metal wire has a cross-sectional area of 2.5×10−6 m22.5 \times 10^{-6} \text{ m}^22.5×10−6 m2 and carries a current of 5 A5 \text{ A}5 A. If the drift velocity of the electrons is 5×10−4 m/s5 \times 10^{-4} \text{ m/s}5×10−4 m/s, what is the number of charge carriers per unit volume?

Question 10
Physics 2 (2025)APConcept Practice
1 mark

A copper wire carries a current of 10 A with a drift velocity of 7×10−4 m/s7 \times 10^{-4} \text{ m/s}7×10−4 m/s. If the number of charge carriers per unit volume is 8.5×1028 m−38.5 \times 10^{28} \text{ m}^{-3}8.5×1028 m−3, what is the cross-sectional area of the wire?