Y7 Electricity - Mega Quiz

What is the name of the tiny charged particles that flow round a circuit?

• protons

• neutrons

• hadrons

• electrons

What is the name of the component that can be closed (to allow current to flow) or open (to stop current flowing)?

• a bulb

• a battery

• an ammeter

• a switch

What is the word used to describe a flow of charge?

• voltage

• current

• resistance

• capacitance

Where do electrons enter a battery?

• the positive terminal

• the negative terminal

• both the positive and negative terminal

• electrons only leave a battery - they don't enter it

Where would you find electrons that can flow to cause a current? Choose all that apply.

• the metal wire in a circuit

• the plastic of the leads

• a battery

• a bulb

Which photo shows an ammeter?

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What happens to the current in a series circuit?

• it decreases as it passes through components

• it increases as it passes through components

• it stays the same as it passes through components

• it decreases as it passes through components then goes back to the original

Which statement is true about this circuit?

• the ammeters have no effect on the current

• the lamp has no effect on the current

• the lamp reduces the current and the ammeters increase the current

• both the lamp and the ammeters reduce the current

What statement is correct about the readings on the two ammeters?

• ammeter 1 will be higher than ammeter 2

• ammeter 1 will be lower than ammeter 2

• ammeter 1 will be positive and ammeter 2 will be negative

• both ammeters will read the same current

What statement is true about the lamps?

• they will all be equally bright

• lamp 1 will be brightest followed by lamp 2 and lamp 3 will be dimmest

• lamp 3 will be brightest followed by lamp 2 and lamp 1 will be dimmest

• lamps 1 and 3 will be the brightest and lamp 2 will be dim