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Electric current and voltage - Test Bite

1. What needs to be done to this circuit so that the lamp lights up?

a circuit with a lamp and an open switch

close the switch
add another lamp
add a cell and close the switch

2. What component does this circuit symbol represent?

Shows a long thin line an a shorter, fatter line

cell
buzzer
capacitor

3. Which switch or switches must be closed to make the lamps light?

series circuit, with an open switch, then two open lamps, then another open switch

only switch 1
only switch 2
switches 1 and 2

4. If lamp 1 is unscrewed from its holder, what will happen to lamp 2?

A circuit with 2 lamps connected in series.

it will get brighter
it will go out
it will stay the same brightness

5. If lamp 1 is unscrewed from its holder, what will happen to lamp 2?

Two lamps connected in parallel to a cell

it will stay lit
it will go out
it will get dimmer

6. What is wrong with this circuit diagram?

circuit shows a cell, a lamp, and an ammeter. The ammeter is connected in parallel.

there is only one cell
the ammeter should be connected in series
a ammeter should be connected in parallel

7. Which ammeter will have the biggest reading?

A series circuit powered by a battery, consisting of an ammeter (ammeter 1), a lamp, a second ammeter (ammeter 2) and another lamp.

ammeter 1
ammeter 2
they will read the same

8. Which statement about electric current is correct?

it always flows clockwise
it gets used up as it goes around the circuit
it does not get used up as it goes around the circuit

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