Potential and capacitance bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Work per unit charge from infinity to a point.

   Item

   Potential

2. Clue

   Surface with the same potential at every point.

   Item

   Equipotential

3. Clue

   Has free charge carriers and zero field inside.

   Item

   Conductor

4. Clue

   Non-conducting substance with no free carriers.

   Item

   Dielectric

5. Clue

   Charge centres separated even without a field.

   Item

   Polar molecule

6. Clue

   Two conductors separated by an insulator.

   Item

   Capacitor

7. Clue

   The SI unit of capacitance.

   Item

   Farad

8. Clue

   Combination where every capacitor holds the same charge.

   Item

   Series

9. Clue

   Combination with the same voltage across each capacitor.

   Item

   Parallel

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation