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Simple circuits

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-PS3-2, NGSS.4-PS3-4 · England: KS2 Y4 Electricity

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  1. Question 1

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    1.5 V1.5 V
    • A. yes
    • B. no

  2. Question 2

    Circuits: which statement is NOT true?

    • A. A cell (battery) pushes the current around a circuit.
    • B. Adding more cells makes a bulb brighter.
    • C. Electricity is used up as it goes round a circuit, so less comes back.
    • D. A circuit must be complete for current to flow.

  3. Question 3

    Which circuit needs to be complete for a bulb to light?

    • A. one wire from the cell to the bulb
    • B. a bulb on its own
    • C. two cells with no wires
    • D. an unbroken loop from the cell through the bulb and back

  4. Question 4

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    no cell
    • A. yes
    • B. no

  5. Question 5

    Circuits: which statement is NOT true?

    • A. Batteries are safe to put in your mouth.
    • B. Adding more cells makes a bulb brighter.
    • C. A circuit must be complete for current to flow.
    • D. A cell (battery) pushes the current around a circuit.

  6. Question 6

    What does a switch do in a circuit?

    • A. It makes the bulb brighter
    • B. It stores electricity
    • C. It changes the battery
    • D. It opens or closes a gap, turning the circuit off or on

  7. Question 7

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    1.5 V1.5 Vgap
    • A. yes
    • B. no

  8. Question 8

    Circuits: which statement is NOT true?

    • A. Adding more cells makes a bulb brighter.
    • B. Batteries are safe to put in your mouth.
    • C. A circuit must be complete for current to flow.
    • D. A cell (battery) pushes the current around a circuit.

  9. Question 9

    Why should you never poke anything into a mains socket?

    • A. Mains electricity can give a dangerous, even deadly, electric shock
    • B. It might break the toy
    • C. Sockets have no electricity
    • D. It is not dangerous

  10. Question 10

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    1.5 V1.5 V
    • A. yes
    • B. no

  11. Question 11

    Circuits: which statement is NOT true?

    • A. A bulb lights with just one wire to the cell.
    • B. Adding more cells makes a bulb brighter.
    • C. A circuit must be complete for current to flow.
    • D. An open switch stops the current.

  12. Question 12

    Why should you never poke anything into a mains socket?

    • A. It might break the toy
    • B. It is not dangerous
    • C. Mains electricity can give a dangerous, even deadly, electric shock
    • D. Sockets have no electricity

  13. Question 13

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    1.5 V
    • A. yes
    • B. no

  14. Question 14

    Circuits: which statement is NOT true?

    • A. A cell (battery) pushes the current around a circuit.
    • B. A circuit must be complete for current to flow.
    • C. Adding more cells makes a bulb brighter.
    • D. A bulb lights with just one wire to the cell.

  15. Question 15

    What does a switch do in a circuit?

    • A. It changes the battery
    • B. It stores electricity
    • C. It makes the bulb brighter
    • D. It opens or closes a gap, turning the circuit off or on

  16. Question 16

    Look at the circuit. Will the bulb light?

    no cell
    • A. yes
    • B. no

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  1. no
  2. Electricity is used up as it goes round a circuit, so less comes back.
  3. an unbroken loop from the cell through the bulb and back
  4. no
  5. Batteries are safe to put in your mouth.
  6. It opens or closes a gap, turning the circuit off or on
  7. no
  8. Batteries are safe to put in your mouth.
  9. Mains electricity can give a dangerous, even deadly, electric shock
  10. yes
  11. A bulb lights with just one wire to the cell.
  12. Mains electricity can give a dangerous, even deadly, electric shock
  13. no
  14. A bulb lights with just one wire to the cell.
  15. It opens or closes a gap, turning the circuit off or on
  16. no