Unit 12 - DC Circuits

Due - Monday, March 7, 2011
Capacitors - Virtual Lab

Before beginning this virtual lab activity, answer the following questions:

1. What is a capacitor?
2. What are 3 uses of capacitors in our everyday lives?

Include the answers to these questions at the beginning of your lab paper.

All graphs should be done using Excel (including the graphs in the preliminary questions.

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Review for Unit 12 Test

Your Unit 12 Test will consist of 7 problems containing the following ideas:

• Capacitance
• Energy stored in a capacitor
• Capacitors with dielectrics
• Equivalent Capacitance
• C = Q/V
• Equivalent Resistance
• Ohm's Law
• Power
• Resistance & Resistivity
• Kirchhoff's Rules
• RC Circuits - Charging and Discharging a capacitor
  • *Keep in mind how a capacitor acts at different times.

Follow the link below and complete the practice questions
for Chapter 24, 25, 26 before Period 1 on Thursday, March 22 , 2012
Review Assignment


Additional Review


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