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Circuits & Ohm's Law

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name

Class

Date

This circuit has more than one loop. When one light goes out, the others stay on.

closed circuit

series circuit

parallel circuit

open circuit

What kind of circuit is this?

series

parallel

this circuit is .....?

open

parallel

closed

The cutest little circuit evah!

When all parts of the circuit are connected it is a ______ circuit.

open

closed

The picture shows an electrical circuit. This circuit is a series circuit because:

It has 3 light bulbs.

The same current flows through all three light bulbs.

It uses a single battery.

The electrical current has more than one path to flow through

A correct statement of Ohm’s Law is:

I= V R

V ∝ I

V = IR

both b and c

What is the job of a battery? (BEST answer)

provide power

provide energy

turns the circuit on

provide energy for the electrons to flow

What is the unit for resistance?

volts

amps

coulombs

ohms

Simple, Series, or Parallel?

Simple

Series Circuit

Parallel Circuit

10.

In a Series circuit the more lightbulbs you add the brighter they get

False

True

11.

What is a Parallel circuit?

Has only one path

Has more than one path

Allows energy to travel through easily

12.

What are the 3 basic components of a circuit?

Energy source, Load, Energy Pathway (wire)

Battery, Energy source, Energy Pathway (wire)

Battery, and Wire

ALL of them

13.

As the resistance of a circuit increases, the current will...

increase

decrease

stay the same

14.

What is the Voltage of a circuit that has a resistance of 5 Ω and a current of 2 A?

25 V

10 V

2.5 V

0.4 V

15.

If the battery produced 12.6 Volts and there was a 6 Ohm resistor, what would be the current?

2.1 Amps

2.4 Amps

1.71 Amps

15 Amps

16.

This circuit has a 24 volt battery and the resistor is 8 ohms. How many amps are running through the circuit?

3 Amps

192 Amps

2 Amps

4 Amps

17.

What is resistance measured in?

Ω (Ohms)

V (Volts)

A (Amps)

W (Watts)

18.

Which best describes a parallel circuit?

Electricity flows along one pathway.

The flow of electricity comes from one source.

Electricity flows along more than one pathway.

The flow of electricity comes from more than one source.

19.

DC stands for ____ and is used in batteries.

Distant Current

Don't Current

Direct Current

Distributed current

20.

What happens to the current in a circuit as the resistance decreases?

Current increases

Current Decreases

Current remains the same

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Circuits & Ohm's Law

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

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