Activity 1 – Electric Light and Switch
I.
Answer the following questions correctly
1. What happens when you close the switch (turn it on)?
2. What happens when you open the switch (turn it off)?
3. Now build this circuit with some of the same parts (lower circuit drawing). What do the two
circuits have in common?
4. How can you tell when electricity is flowing through the circuit?
5. Explain how the switch works.
6. What could you do to open and close this circuit without a switch?
7. Give two examples of switches used in everyday life
II.
Use the circuit diagram symbols to draw the two circuits you have
made.