Circuit Practice

Match the variable to its units!

• Joule

• Current

• Watt

• Voltage

• Volt

• Resistance

• Ampere

• Power

• Ohm

• Energy

You're putting up some purple icicle lights when one bulb goes out. The entire strand goes out! What kind of circuit is the strand of purple icicle lights?

• Alternating current circuit
• Series circuit
• Parallel circuit
• Direct current circuit

When you turn off the light in your kitchen, the dishwasher keeps running. In what kind of circuit is your kitchen wired?

• Series circuit
• Combination circuit
• Parallel circuit
• Single circuit

What power is generated by a circuit with a current of 12 amps and a voltage of 24 volts?

• 144 watts
• 36 watts
• 60 watts
• 288 watts

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

If a circuit has 175 watts of power and a resistance of 7 ohms, what is the voltage?

• 35 volts

• 40 volts
• 30 volts
• 12 volts

A circuit is wired in series. If the resistors are 14 ohms, 12 ohms, and 36 ohms, what is the total resistance?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A circuit is wired in parallel with resistors of 16 ohms, 24 ohms, and 32 ohms. What is the total resistance? Round to the tenths for the decimal place!

Mathematical Equivalence

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A circuit is wired in parallel. If it has currents of 22 amps, 36 amps, and 12 amps, what is the total current?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A circuit is wired in series. What is total voltage if it has voltages of 64 v, 28 v, and 32 v?

Mathematical Equivalence

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What is the energy used of a dryer if it uses 64 watts of power in 1 minute?

• 3840 Joules

• 1.0672 Joules

• 64 Joules

• 0.0672 Joules

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-1