Electric Circuits
Which of the following best describes resistance in an electrical circuit?
The rate of flow of electric charge.
The opposition to the flow of electric charge.
The energy gained by electrons as they move through a circuit.
The measure of electric potential difference.
What is resistivity?
A measure of how easily a material conducts electricity.
The total resistance of a circuit component.
An intrinsic property of a material that opposes the flow of electric charge.
The potential difference across a resistor.
Which of the following factors affects the resistance of a material?
Voltage applied across the material
Current flowing through the material
Resistivity of the material
The shape of the material
A wire has a resistance of . If the wire is stretched to three times its original length, by what factor does its resistance change, assuming the resistivity remains constant?
3
6
9
1/3
A copper wire has a resistivity of . What does this value represent?
The resistance of any copper wire.
The resistance of a copper wire with a specific length and cross-sectional area.
The inherent opposition of copper to the flow of electric charge.
The current carrying capacity of copper.
What are the units of resistivity?
Ohms ()
Volts (V)
Ohm-meters ()
Amperes (A)
A cylindrical resistor has a length and a cross-sectional area . If both the length and the radius are doubled, how does the resistance change?
It is halved.
It doubles.
It remains the same.
It is quadrupled.

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A wire of length and cross-sectional area has a resistance . If the wire is replaced with a wire of the same material but with length and cross-sectional area , what is the new resistance?