Year 8 Science
Electricity Revision
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Electricity is the flow of what?
What is an electrical conductor?
What is an electrical insulator?
What is static electricity?
What are the essential components of an electric circuit?
Fill in this table
Definition
Units
Current
Voltage
Resistance
7. Draw a simple circuit to represent this torch:
8. What is a series circuit?
9. What is a parallel circuit?
10. What happens to current as it flows around a series circuit?
11. What happens to voltage as it flows around a series circuit?
12. What happens to current as it flows around a parallel circuit?
Symbol
13. What happens to voltage as it flows around a parallel circuit?
14. Draw a circuit with a battery, switch and two light bulbs in series
15. Draw a circuit with a battery, switch and two light bulbs in parallel
16. What do each of these symbols mean?