Electricity Year 6

Which of these is the symbol for a motor?

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Which of these is the symbol for an open switch?

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Which of these is the symbol for a battery?

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Which of these is the symbol for a light bulb?

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Shorter wires will make bulbs brighter. True or False?

• True

• False

What is the function of an ammeter in a circuit?

• Measures the length of the wires in a circuit.

• Measures the current in a circuit.

• Measures how heavy the components are.

Which of these is the symbol for a buzzer?

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A circuit will not work if….

• there is no battery or cell.

• the switch is on.

• there is not a break in the circuit.

• there is no buzzer.

This circuit will not work. True or False?

• True

• False

Pick the 3 things that would stop a simple lamp circuit from working correctly.

• The battery is in the wrong way round

• The electricity is going the wrong way round

• A wire is broken

• The bulb is broken

• The wire is the wrong colour