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Electronics Worksheet: Series Circuits

Electronics lesson 8: Series circuits · Set 217 · 40 questions
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Remember (One path for all): One path: if any bulb is removed or broken, no bulb glows. Identical bulbs share the voltage: each gets battery volts ÷ number of bulbs. More bulbs in series → each gets less → all glow dimmer.

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  1. 1.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “used in house wiring”? (a) series (b) parallel
  2. 2.💡 A battery lights 5 identical bulbs joined in series. One more identical bulb is added in series. How do the bulbs glow now? (a) dimmer (b) brighter (c) the same
  3. 3.💡 Old festival light strings went fully dark when one bulb failed. How were they joined? (a) by Wi-Fi (b) in parallel (c) in series (d) not joined
  4. 4.True or false: “many paths for current” is true of a series circuit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “bulbs share the voltage”? (a) parallel (b) series
  6. 6.True or false: “one bulb out, all go out” is true of a series circuit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 3 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 1 is taken out of its holder. Does bulb 3 glow? (a) Yes (b) No
  8. 8.True or false: “each gets the full volts” is true of a series circuit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 3 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 6 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  10. 10.💡 5 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 5 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  11. 11.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “own switch for each bulb”? (a) parallel (b) series
  12. 12.True or false: “one bulb out, all go out” is true of a parallel circuit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “one bulb out, all go out”? (a) parallel (b) series
  14. 14.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “many paths for current”? (a) series (b) parallel
  15. 15.💡 A battery lights 4 identical bulbs joined in series. One more identical bulb is added in series. How do the bulbs glow now? (a) dimmer (b) brighter (c) the same
  16. 16.💡 In a series circuit, how many paths does the current have? (a) one for each bulb (b) two (c) none (d) one
  17. 17.True or false: “used in house wiring” is true of a series circuit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 2 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 6 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  19. 19.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. All the bulbs are in place. Does bulb 2 glow? (a) Yes (b) No
  20. 20.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 2 is taken out of its holder. Does bulb 3 glow? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.💡 5 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 1 is taken out of its holder. Does bulb 4 glow? (a) Yes (b) No
  22. 22.True or false: “bulbs share the voltage” is true of a series circuit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 4 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  24. 24.True or false: “a break stops every bulb” is true of a series circuit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a break stops every bulb” is true of a parallel circuit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 5 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 3 is taken out of its holder. Does bulb 4 glow? (a) Yes (b) No
  27. 27.💡 2 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 3 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  28. 28.True or false: “one out, the rest glow” is true of a series circuit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “a single current path”? (a) series (b) parallel
  30. 30.True or false: “own switch for each bulb” is true of a series circuit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 2 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 4 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  32. 32.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a 6 V battery (ideal wires). How many volts does each bulb get? =
  33. 33.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “one out, the rest glow”? (a) series (b) parallel
  34. 34.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 3 is taken out of its holder. How many bulbs glow?
  35. 35.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “each gets the full volts”? (a) series (b) parallel
  36. 36.💡 5 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. All the bulbs are in place. How many bulbs glow?
  37. 37.💡 6 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. All the bulbs are in place. How many bulbs glow?
  38. 38.🔗 Series or parallel circuit: “a break stops every bulb”? (a) series (b) parallel
  39. 39.💡 A battery lights 3 identical bulbs joined in series. One more identical bulb is added in series. How do the bulbs glow now? (a) dimmer (b) brighter (c) the same
  40. 40.💡 4 identical bulbs are joined in series with a battery and a closed switch on the main wire. Bulb 4 is taken out of its holder. Does bulb 2 glow? (a) No (b) Yes

Answer key

  1. parallel
  2. dimmer
  3. in series
  4. False
  5. series
  6. True
  7. No
  8. False
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. parallel
  12. False
  13. series
  14. parallel
  15. dimmer
  16. one
  17. False
  18. 3
  19. Yes
  20. No
  21. No
  22. True
  23. 1
  24. True
  25. False
  26. No
  27. 1.5
  28. False
  29. series
  30. False
  31. 2
  32. 1.5
  33. parallel
  34. 0
  35. parallel
  36. 5
  37. 6
  38. series
  39. dimmer
  40. No

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