In the PhET simulation, click play, click on "Intro" and then build a complete circuit with the following criteria: wire, bulb, battery, switch. Close the circuit. The current should be flowing. Take a screenshot or picture and post it here.
Explain your answers to 2 and 3. What is happening in terms of current when you add a bulb or add a battery?
Question 5
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Question 6
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Turn your battery back around so that everything functions once again. Now cut open your circuit somewhere so you can test some objects for conductivity. Find the coin and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 7
7.
Cut the circuit and remove the coin. Find the hand and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 8
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Cut the circuit and remove the hand. Find the pencil and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 9
9.
Cut the circuit and remove the pencil. Find the paper clip and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 10
10.
Cut the circuit and remove the paper clip. Find the eraser and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 11
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Cut the circuit and remove the eraser. Find the dog and insert it into the circuit. Based on the evidence, is it a conductor? (yes or no)
Question 12
12.
Label the parts in the diagram below with their corresponding circuit part.
Question 13
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Question 14
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Question 15
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Question 16
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Add a second bulb to your circuit. What does this do to the brightness of the bulbs?
it decreases the brightness
it increases the brightness
it makes no difference
Add a second battery to your circuit. What does this do to the brightness of the bulbs?
it decreases the brightness
it increases the brightness
it makes no difference
Turn one of the batteries around backwards. What does this do to the current in the circuit?
it increases the current
it turns off the current
it makes no difference
Which is true about the wire in a circuit? (Choose the best answer)
Pushes electricity through the circuit
Can turn the electricity on and off
Allows electricity to flow
Slows down the flow of electricity
Which is true about the battery in a circuit? (Choose the best answer)
Pushes electricity through the circuit
Can turn the electricity on and off
Allows electricity to flow
Slows down the flow of electricity
Which is true about the switch in a circuit? (Choose the best answer)
Pushes electricity through the circuit
Can turn the electricity on and off
Allows electricity to flow
Slows down the flow of electricity
Which is true about the resistor in a circuit? (Choose the best answer)