Free Printable AQA Electric Circuits GCSE

1.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

Cell

b)

Battery

c)

Bulb

d)

Resistor

2.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

Resistor

b)

Battery

c)

Variable Resistor

d)

Switch

3.

What are the units for current?

a)

seconds

b)

Ohms

c)

Volts

d)

Amps

4.

Current is the rate of flow of electric___________

a)

charge

b)

current

c)

voltage

d)

potential difference

5.

What type of circuit is this?

a)

Parallel

b)

Series

c)

Simple

d)

Broken

6.

If the current on the first ammeter is 5A, what is the current on the second ammeter?

a)

5A

b)

2.5A

c)

0A

d)

10A

7.

What is the equation which links current, charge and time?

a)

$Current\ =\ ch\arg e\div time$

b)

Current = charge x time

c)

$current\ =\ time\div ch\arg e$

8.

What happens to the current in a circuit which has a high resistance?

a)

Changes

b)

Stays the same

c)

Increases

d)

Decreases

9.

What piece of equipment is used to find the potential difference in a circuit?

a)

Ammeter

b)

Voltmeter

c)

Ohmmeter

d)

Thermometer

10.

How can we calculate the resistance?

a)

$Resisance\ =\ voltage\ \div\ current$

b)

Resistance = voltage x current

c)

Resistance = voltage + current

d)

Resistance = voltage - current

11.

What is going to have a larger resistance?

a)

Long wire

b)

Short wire

12.

What is going to have a larger resistance?

a)

Thin wire

b)

Thick wire

13.

What type of circuit are these?

a)

Parallel

b)

Series

c)

Simple

d)

Broken

14.

In a parallel circuit, what can we say about the voltage in all parts of the circuit?

a)

It is the same everywhere

b)

It splits up over difference branches

15.

What is an ohmic conductor?

a)

Something in a circuit where current and voltage have no correlation

b)

Something in a circuit which has resistance

c)

Something in a circuit where voltage and current are directly proportional

d)

Anything we put in a circuit

16.

What component is this graph for?

a)

Bulb

b)

Resistor

c)

Diode

d)

LED

17.

To find total resistance in a series circuit, what do you do to all the resistors?

a)

The total resistance is the same as the smallest resistor

b)

Times together the resistance of individual resistors

c)

Add up the resistance of individual resistors

d)

The total resistance is the same as the biggest resistor

18.

What is the unit for potential difference?

a)

voltage

b)

volts

c)

amps

d)

ohms

19.

What does this symbol mean?

(a)

20.

What is this the circuit symbol for?

a)

On switch

b)

Off switch

c)

battery

d)

wire

AQA Electric Circuits GCSE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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