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WJEC A-Level Physics Unit 2 Electricity and Light overview quiz quiz

11questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. In the equation I = nAve, what does n represent?

  2. Why does a filament lamp not obey Ohm's law?

  3. A wire is replaced by one of the same material but twice the length and the same cross-sectional area. Its resistance:

  4. Kirchhoff's first law is a statement of the conservation of which quantity?

  5. A cell of EMF 1.5 V has internal resistance r. When it drives a current, the terminal voltage is:

  6. The fact that light can be polarised is evidence that light is:

  7. For a diffraction grating, bright maxima occur at angles given by which equation?

  8. Light travels from glass into air. Total internal reflection can occur when:

  9. In the photoelectric effect, increasing the intensity of light above the threshold frequency:

  10. In Einstein's photoelectric equation hf = phi + E_k(max), the term phi is the:

  11. Which process is responsible for producing the coherent, in-phase photons in a laser?