Jason Berry 11H
INVESTIGATION TO SHOW THE EFFECTS OF THE RESISTANCE OF A WIRE
Aim: - I hope to find out how resistance of a wire is affected.
Prediction: - I predict that as the length of the wire increases the resistance will also increase.
Scientific Knowledge: -
A wire is a bundle of metal strips coated in plastic. The plastic can vary in colour and connect to different terminals
These are: -
- Black = negative terminal
- Red = positive terminal
- Blue = neutral terminal
- Green and yellow = earth terminal
- Brown = live terminal
The material varies because it has free electrons, which are able to flow through the wire. The number of the electrons depends on the amount of electrons in the outer energy shell of the atoms, so if there are more or larger atoms then there must be more electrons available. If the material has a high number of atoms there will be a high number of electrons causing a lower resistance because of the increase in the number of electrons. Also if the atoms in the material are closely packed then the electrons will have more frequent collisions and the resistance will increase. Resistance is measured in Ohm’s (Ω).