Circuits Lesson

Circuits

Essential Questions

1. What are circuits and how do they allow for electrical charge to flow?

2. What's the relation between coulombs and amps in a circuit?

Standards H.P.3E.2

Multiple Choice

When distance increases, electrostatic force ____________; we call this relationship ____________ proportional

• decreases;directly
• decreases;inversely
• increases;inversely
• increases;directly

Multiple Choice

Which two particles are attracted to each other?

• Two neutrons

• A proton and an electron

• Two protons

• An electron and a neutron

Multiple Choice

Which two particles are attracted to each other?

• Two neutrons

• A proton and an electron

• Two protons

• An electron and a neutron

Open Ended

How was your weekend, what's your good thing OR what's something you're grateful for?

Remember your name and please no N/A!

Multiple Choice

12 C of charge passes a location in a circuit in 10

seconds. What is the current flowing past the point?

• 1.2 A

• 3.3 A

• 4.8 A

• 5.0 A

Multiple Choice

A circuit has 3 A of current. How long does it take 45 C

of charge to travel through the circuit?

• 3 s

• 5 s

• 15 s

• 20 s

Multiple Choice

A circuit has 2.5 A of current. How much charge travels

through the circuit after 4s?

• 2 C

• 4 C

• 8 C

• 10 C

Multiple Choice

What is a current?

• A constant flow of electricity 
• A path that a current can flow along

Multiple Choice

What is a circuit?

• A constant flow of electricity 
• A path that a current can flow along

Multiple Choice

Silver is a _____?

• insulator
• conductor

Multiple Choice

What is a switch's function in a circuit?

• to make the current hotter or colder
• turn on and off the flow of current
• the pathway that current flows
• to add more power to the circuit