Simple Circuits

What will the group most likely observe in this circuit?

• Lightbulb 1, Lightbulb 2, and Lightbulb 3 will be on.

• Lightbulbs 1 and 2 will be on, but Lightbulb 3 will be off

• Lightbulb 3 will be on, but Lightbulbs 1 and 2 will be off.

• Lightbulb 1, Lightbulb 2, and Lightbulb 3 will be off

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

What is your evidence that Lightbulb 1, Lightbulb 2, and Lightbulb 3 will be off?

What is wrong with the circuit?

• The light is not big enough

• It needs more wires

• The wires are not closed

• Another energy source is needed

What is your evidence that the circuit is not closed in the picture?

• Electrical and light

• Sound and light

• Electrical and sound

• All of the above

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

• Another wire

• A switch

• A battery

• A bulb

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

How do you know a battery is needed to make the buzzer sound?

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

Use the picture above and give one description of a series circuit

What kind of circuit is this?

• Series

• Consecutive

• Parallel

• Training

How do you know this is a Parallel circuit?