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Lighting Up a Bulb: Understanding Electric Circuits

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is needed at the very least to light up a bulb in an electric circuit?

a)

A bulb and a wire

b)

A bulb, a battery, and a wire

c)

A bulb and a battery

d)

Two bulbs and a wire

2.

What does a battery provide to an electric circuit?

a)

Light

b)

Heat

c)

Electrical energy

d)

Mechanical energy

3.

What happens if there is a break anywhere in the circuit?

a)

The bulb will shine brighter

b)

The bulb will not light up

c)

The bulb will flicker

d)

The battery will recharge

4.

What is a series circuit?

a)

A circuit with multiple paths for the current to flow

b)

A circuit where components are connected end to end

c)

A circuit that can only have one light bulb

d)

A circuit that uses only batteries and no bulbs

5.

The pathway through which electric current flows from the D-cell to the lightbulb and back to the cell.

a)

circuit

b)

wire

c)

short circuit

d)

magnetism

6.


The ___________ burns out too quickly," Mr. Edison said. "We have to find a better material to make it (the lightbulb) longer lasting."

a)

metal case

b)

Filament

c)

copper wire

d)

glass dome

7.

Thomas Edison was famous for improving a product he didn't invent, what was that product? 

a)

battery

b)

lightbulb

c)

kite

d)

lamp post

8.

Examine the circuits. Which one will light the bulb?

a)

b)

9.

A lightbulb in a circuit gives off energy. What is the evidence of energy?

a)

light

b)

sound

c)

motion

10.

The part of the bulb that produces light is the

a)

metal case

b)

metal base

c)

filament

d)

glass dome

11.

What change to the electric circuit shown will cause the lightbulb to light up?

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