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Ohms Law Lab

Purpose: To understand the correlation between voltage, current, and resistance. Hypothesis: If the voltage is increased then the current passing through the resistor will increase as well. Materials: Refer to grade 9 course pack, page 119, Ohms Law. Procedure: Refer to grade 9 course pack, pages 119 & 120, Ohms Law.

Observations: Table 1: Relation between resistance, current, and voltage. Resistor used: 10
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Voltage (volts) 1.5V 0.13A

Current (amps)

Resistance (Ohms) R=V/I R=1.5/0.13 R=11.54 R=V/I R=3.0/0.27 R=11.11 R=V/I R=5.0/0.46 R=10.87 R=V/I R=6.0/0.55 R=10.9

3.0V

0.27A

5.0V

0.46A

6.0V

0.55A

Analysis: Voltage vs. Current graph on page 3. Questions: As the voltage increased the current increased as well. This is because the voltage provides energy to the circuit, the more voltage the faster the electrons move through the circuit. Current is the measure of how fast the electrons travel through the circuit, so if the voltage increased then the current of electrons increased too. If the voltage had been increased to 15V then the current of the circuit would increase to around 1.4A. This was predicted by the calculations shown below. Calculations: y=mx+b 15=(10.76)(x)+0 15= 10.76x 10.76=10.76
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1.4=x

3. The slope of the voltage-current graph is related to resistance through Ohms law. Ohms law states that voltage is equivalent to current multiplied by resistance. Therefore the slope of the voltage-current graph is the resistance of the circuit. Conclusion: If the voltage is increased then current of the circuit will increase too. By using Ohms law you can find out a circuits voltage by multiplying the current and resistance.