Topic 13: Series and parallel circuits

1. Complete in workbook:

• Act. 1 Revise drawing circuit diagrams of series ad parallel circuits (page 161)

• Act. 2 Investigate the effect of connecting more cells in series (page 162)

• Act. 3 Voltage across resistors in a series circuit (page 163)

• Act. 4 Revise voltage in a series circuit (page 164)

• Act. 5 Measure current in a series circuit (page 165)

• Act. 6 Revise current in a series circuit (page 166)

• Act. 7 Investigate the effect of adding more cells connected in parallel (page 167)

• Act. 8 Measure voltage across resistors in a parallel circuit (page 168)

• Act. 9 Revise voltage in a parallel circuit (page 169)

• Act. 10 Measure current in a parallel circuit (page 169 - 170)

• Act. 11 Revise current in a parallel circuit (page 171)

• Act. 12 Identify series and parallel circuits (page 172)

• Act. 13 Identify relationships between current and resistance (page 173)

• Topic 13 Revision (page 174)

2. Important terminology:

Below is a list of the key terms in Topic 5. Use the "Key word" text boxes on pages 161 - 174 to compile a list of important terminology with definitions in your workbooks

• cells

• voltage

• battery

• voltmeter

• resistor

• series circuit

• current

• ammeter

• parallel circuit

3. Informal assessment: