Series and parallel circuits
Quiz by Jolyon Matthews-Wright
Key Stage 3
Science
English National Curriculum
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- Q 1/15Score 0Which of the following is a parallel circuit?29
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- Q1Which of the following is a parallel circuit?30s
- Q2If lamp 1 broke what would happen to lamp 2?Lamp 2 will get dimmerLamp 2 would get brighterLamp 2 would also go outLamp 2 will stay the same30s
- Q3If lamp 2 broke what would happen to lamp 2?It would get brighterIt would stay the sameIt would go outIt would get dimmer30s
- Q4Which of the following is a series circuit?30s
- Q5Which of the following as a series circuit?30s
- Q6Which ammeter will show the bigger reading?Ammeter 2Both will show the sameAmmeter 130s
- Q7What is a parallel circuit?A circuit with only one loopA circuit that contains more than one branchA circuit with more than one componentA circuit with more than one type of component30s
- Q8What current would ammeter B read?3.0 A0 A6.0 A9.0 A30s
- Q9What would ammeter C read?0 A0.25 A1.0 A0.50 A30s
- Q10Is this circuit series or parallel?NeitherParallelSeries30s
- Q11What would the current be before it reached the branch?2.0 A3.0 A4.0 A0 A30s
- Q12What would the current be before it reached the branch?1.0 A2.0 A0 A3.0 A30s
- Q13What would the current be before it reached the branch?0 A2.5 A5.0 A6.2530s
- Q14What would the missing current value at the ammeter be?4.0 A8.0 A2.0 A0 A30s
- Q15What the current be at both ammeters in each branch?6.0 A12.0 A0 A3.0 A30s
