YEAR 7 ELECTRICITY PARALLEL CIRCUIT STARTER

What is current?

• A source of electricity

• The flow of electricity around a circuit

• A circuit in one complete loop

• A way of saying how much energy is being transferred around a circuit.

What do we use to measure current?

• Voltmeter

• A meter

• Ammeter

• A current probe

Current is measured in....

• Amps

• Volts

• Electricity

• Charge

This symbol represents a

• cell

• motor

• battery

• bulb

This symbol represents a

• broken bulb

• motor

• battery

• bulb

This symbol represents...

• an ammeter

• a meter

• an ameter

• amps

This symbol represents a

• battery

• bulb

• cell

• current

In the image ammeter 2 (A2) reads 0.3A. Predict what the reading of ammeter 1 (A1) would be.

• 0.1A

• 0.2A

• 0.3A

• 0.4A

In the image ammeter 1 (A1) is reading 0.5A. Predict what ammeter 2 (A2) would read.

• 0.0A

• 0.25A

• 0.5A

• 1A

Predict the reading on the ammeter in this curcuit.

• 0.0A

• 0.1A

• 0.5A

• 1.0A