Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism
Testing pupils on parallel circuits
Diagnostic Questions
for 11-14
What the Activity is for
The diagnostic questions can be used to check the pupils' understanding of parallel circuits.
What to Prepare
- printed copies of the diagnostic questions (see below)
What Happens During this Activity
The questions might be used for homework or as the basis for discussion in class.
Identical resistors: designed to probe pupils' understanding of how voltage is dropped across identical resistors in a simple parallel circuit.
- V1 is 8 volt
- V2 is 8 volt
Power supply: designed to probe pupils' understanding of how voltage is dropped across identical resistors in a simple parallel circuit.
- Voltage across bulb B1 is 4 volt
- Voltage across bulb B1 is 4 volt; B2 is 4 volt
Resources
Download the support sheet / student worksheet for this activity.
