Y6 Electricity Quiz

Why is an electrical circuit called a circuit?

• Because it turns things on.

• Because it goes around in one complete loop

• Because racing cars use it.

• Because you can use a switch to turn it off.

What is a cell, when we talk about electricity?

• A bulb

• A battery

• A wire

• A buzzer

The more batteries I add to a circuit with a bulb will make it get brighter and brighter, no matter how many batteries I add.

• True

• False

Adding another battery to a circuit with a buzzer in it willl make the buzzer:

• Buzz quieter

• Stop buzzing

• Buzz louder

• Sing a song.

In a circuit with a bulb and and a switch, if the switch is open, will it:

• Make the bulb light

• Keep the bulb turned off

• Make the bulb flash

• Make the bulb eat a small kitten.

A circuit has one battery and one bulb. Adding an extra bulb to the circuit will effect the two bulbs, how?

• Make them brighter

• It won't make any difference

• Make them flash

• Make them dimmer

If you saw this in a circuit diagram, what is it?

• A motor

• A battery

• A bulb

• A buzzer

If you saw this in a circuit diagram, what is it?

• Bulb

• Battery

• Buzzer

• Motor

If you saw this in a circuit diagram, what is it?

• Battery

• Bulb

• Buzzer

• Motor

If you saw this in a circuit diagram, what is it?

• Battery

• Buzzer

• Motor

• Bulb