Vocabulary: Circuit Builder

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Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ Student Exploration: Circuit Builder Vocabulary: circuit, closed circuit, conductor, current, fuse, insulator, open circuit, parallel circuit, series circuit, short circuit Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What do a light bulb, a toaster, a radio, and a computer all have in common? _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Suppose you connect a battery to a small light bulb with a single wire. What do you think will happen? Explain your answer. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________…show more content…
| | |Series circuits |Check that Show current is on. | | | |Build the circuit shown to the right. | | Question: In a series circuit, components are arranged in a single loop. What are the characteristics of series circuits? 1. Observe: Turn the switch to ON, which allows charges to flow through the circuit. Notice how brightly the bulb is lit and how much current (shown by the arrows) there is. Now start replacing wire segments with light bulbs. You can fit up to four bulbs in this series circuit. A. What do you notice about the brightness of the bulbs as you add more bulbs? ___________________________________________________________________ B. Do all the bulbs have the same brightness?

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