Resistance of Wire Investigation: The Regard of Substituting Voltage

Navy Kong Grade 9A Science Assessment
Due Date: October 14, 2014 1

Resistance of Wire Investigation

The regard of substituting voltage

Introduction

For this investigation, students were asked to set up an
experiment to test how changing a factor could affect the resistance
of a type of wire that were given to us. Therefore, for me, I chose to
test the effectiveness of how changing the voltage of the main could
affect the resistance of the copper wire.

Aim: How does changing voltage affect the resistance of the (20SWG)
copper wire?

Hypothesis: I predict that if I increase the voltage of the
battery main, the resistance of the wire will increase. I think the
resistance of the wire will increase because as the voltage of the
power pack increases, there will be more energy transferred around
the circuit. Therefore, if more energy is being transferred around, it is
hard for the electrons to move pass the atoms around the circuit.
Therefore, the resistance will increase.

Variables Table

Variables Factors Description
Dependent Resistance Resistance will be
calculated by using
Ohms law (R= V/I).
Independent Voltage Voltage will be
changed by adjusting
on the power pack.
Fixed [1] Type of wire The same 20 SWG
copper wire will be
experimented.
Fixed [2] Amount of time being
experimented for each
changes of voltage
The same amount of
time will be used (using
stopwatch) in the
experiment (from start
to end) when changing
the voltage.
Fixed [3] Amount of time for
the wire to cool down
I will use the same
amount of time to let
the wire to cool down
by using a stopwatch.
Fixed [4] Length of wire I will

Materials needed:

o 1 Power pack
o 1 Ammeter
o 1, 20 SWG copper wire (20cm)
o Crocodile clips
o 1 Electronic Voltmeter
o 1 heatproof mat
o 6 connecting wires
o 1 wire clipper
o 1 (20cm) ruler
o 1 light bulb

Diagram

Method:

1. Set up the circuit as shown in the diagram above.
2. Plug in the power pack wire into the socket and check to see if
it works.
3. Measure the copper wire by using a ruler, and make sure it is
20cm in length.
4. Place the copper wire on the heatproof mat.
5. Insert two connecting wire in the power pack, but make sure
the other end of one wire is connected to an ammeter while the
other wire is connected to the light bulb.
6. Join another two connecting wires with an ammeter and a light
bulb.
7. Connect the end of the previous connecting wires with the
crocodile clips.
8. Clip the crocodile clips on the 20 cm copper wire at 3cm away
from the edge of the copper wire.
9. Use the last two connecting wires to connect with the
voltmeter at the end of the two wires that are connected to
the ammeter and the light bulb.
10. Make sure the wires are connected to the right holes- to make
sure it doesnt turn to an ammeter.
11. Set the voltage on the voltmeter to 2V.
12. Turn on the power pack voltage to 2V.
13. Record data that is shown on the ammeter and the voltmeter.
14. Turn off the power pack.

Data Collection Tables

Raw Data Table

Voltage of power
pack (V)
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Voltage (V) Current
(A)
Voltage (V) Current
(A)
Voltage (V) Current
(A)
2 0.001 0.01 .001 0.01 .003 0.08
4 0.002 0.08 .002 0.08 .007 0.21
6 0.003 0.10 .007 0.32 .009 0.31
8 0.004 0.18 .009 0.41 .010 0.49
10 0.005 0.18 .012 0.48 .012 0.49
12 0.005 0.21 .013 0.51 .019 0.20

Processed Data Table

Voltage of power
pack (V)
Average Voltage (V) Average Current (A) Resistance ()
2 0.0017 0.03 0.0567
4 0.0043 0.12 0.0358
6 0.0063 0.24 0.0263
8 0.0077 0.36 0.0214
10 0.0097 0.38 0.0255
12 0.0123 1.22 0.1008

Data Analysis

Changes:
Did not use a stopwatch
Used a light bulb to help to check if the circuit is working or
not
Didnt finish collecting data in one class
Data got greater for the second when recording

Conclusion

According to the data and the graph shown earlier, I found
out that the trend line of my graph seems to be decreasing if I looked
at the resistance of the first four voltages. However, because
changes happened to my experiment, the data I collected were not
what I expected it to be because I didnt collect the data at the
This graph is showing how the dependent variable, as known as
the Resistance, is changing according to the independent
variable, which is the voltage of the power pack by using the
trend line.
same time. Therefore, when I returned to collect my data the second
day, the numbers were very different from what I collected last time
because they were greater. Though, I do not know why the changes
happened because I didnt record the changes when it was happening.
Therefore, with this strange graph, I can conclude that I cannot make
a scientific explanation about the relationship between the resistance
and the voltage.
Due to the hypothesis I made earlier that if I increase the
voltage of the power pack, the resistance would also have to increase.
However, according to the graph I made base on the data collected,
the relationship between the resistance and the voltage do not match
the hypothesis. This is because I didnt collect the data in a certain
amount of time, so the graph is incorrect. Once again, I do not know
why the changes happened to my experiment because I believe that I
did not want the changes to happen unexpectedly. However, I can
conclude that my experiment would not be wrong, if I had collected
every data at the same time.

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Navy Kong Grade 9A Science Assessment

Due Date: October 14, 2014 1

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