Quick Check - Circuits

The force that pushes the electricity through a circuit is called...

• resistance
• voltage
• current
• switch

The flow of electricity through a conductor is called...

• resistance
• voltage
• current
• source of electric current

This measures the speed of the current in a circuit

• voltage
• ammeter
• switch
• resistance

What kind of circuit is this?

• series
• parallel

Tags

6-8.AF.2.6

Match the following each component to the schematic symbols shown.

• Open Switch

• 
• Voltmeter

• 
• Ammeter

• 
• Battery

• 
• Solar Cell

• 

Tags

6-8.AF.2.6

Categorize each scenario as energy transformation or energy transfer

Groups:

(a) Transformation

,

(b) Transfer

• Chemical energy in a battery flows into a wire as electrical energy.

• Electrical energy becomes light energy in a light bulb.

• Electrical energy flows from one end of a wire into another end of the wire.

Tags

6-8.AG.5.3

6-8.AG.5.4

A student is working with a circuit, they need to replace a voltmeter in the circuit before continuing however. Which should be their first step before replacing the voltmeter?

• Unscrew the light bulb

• Open the switch

• Close the switch

• Cut the wires

Label each of the parts of the schematic.

c

d

f

b

Closed Switch

Voltmeter

Battery

Light bulb

Open Switch

Ammeter

Tags

6-8.AF.2.6

The graph shown to the right shows the effect of the number of batteries in a certain arrangement on the hours a single light bulb will stay lit. During this investigation the light bulb had the same recorded brightness (100 lumens) for the entire time. Based on this information, the battery arrangement was most likely ________.

Tags

6-8.AF.5.2

Organize the circuits from the data shown into series or parallel arrangements based on the trends shown in the graph.

Groups:

(a) Series

,

(b) Parallel

• Circuit A

• Circuit C

• Circuit B

Tags

6-8.AF.5.2