Question

A three terminal potentiometer with an unconnected terminal is a common rheostat used to vary this quantity. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this quantity whose value for some components is indicated by four colored bands.
ANSWER: electrical resistance
[10e] Resistance equals voltage divided by current by a law named after this German physicist, who also gives his name to the SI unit of resistance.
ANSWER: Georg Ohm [accept Ohm’s law; accept ohms]
[10h] The strength of an unknown resistor is calculated using one of these circuits. Three resistors of known strength and the unknown resistor are placed in a diamond shape in these circuits.
ANSWER: Wheatstone bridges [prompt on Wheatstone; prompt on bridges; prompt on Wheatstone circuits]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY921.11100%89%22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY818.75100%88%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY616.67100%50%17%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1120.91100%73%36%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY915.56100%56%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY524.00100%80%60%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY823.75100%100%38%

Data

Vanderbilt AAlabama A10101030
Georgia Tech BAuburn C1010020
Emory AEmory Oxford1010020
Georgia Tech AFurman10101030
BelmontGeorgia Tech C010010
Tennessee AGeorgia Tech D10101030
Missisippi StateGeorgia Tech B10101030
Mississippi State AGeorgia Tech E010010
South Carolina BSouthern010010
Clemson BTennessee B1010020
Auburn BVanderbilt B1010020