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Science
Quarter 1–Learning Activity Sheet 1
Current and Voltage
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 SCIENCE 8

Name: _____________________________ Grade: ______________

Date: ______________________________ Score: ______________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

VOLTAGE and CURRENT

I. Background Information for Learners

The flow of electrical power or charge is known as Electricity. It is

almost an indispensable part of our lives. When you connect an electric fan to an
outlet, you are assembling and using an electric circuit. It consists of a source of
electrical energy, connecting wires and a load.
The three electrical quantities are current, I measures in amperes(A),
voltage, V measures in volts(V) and resistance, R measures in ohms ( ).
In an electric circuit, the voltage is the work done in moving or pushing the
charged electrons (current) from one point to another in the circuit. The current in the
circuit, on the other hand, is responsible for illuminating the bulb or in rotating the
electric fan as the case maybe. The amount of current in the circuit is dependent
upon the voltage applied. This amount of current can be indicated by the intensity of
brightness in the case of a lighted bulb. Resistance is a measure of the opposition to
current flow in an electrical circuit. All materials resist current flow to some degree.
The higher the resistance, the lower the current flow. So from there we can say that;
Voltage, V is directly proportional to current, I, that is
V I or V= kI

The relationship between voltage, current and resistance is known as Ohm’s

Law, named after George Simon Ohm, who pioneered the study of such relation.
Ohm’s law states that current, I is directly proportional to the voltage, V and inversely
proportional to the resistance, R. In equation:

I = V/R

TABLE 1:

QUANTITIES ABBREVIATION UNITS

Voltage V Volts
Current I Amperes (A)
Resistance R Ohms (Ω)

V= IR I= V/R R = V/I

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Sample problem:
How much current flows through a 16 V battery that has a resistance of 5.1
Ω?
Solution:
I = V/R
= 16V
5.1
= 3.13 A

Most electric circuits we see operate on more than one load called
multiple load circuits. For instance, when you turn on light in the dining room,
lamps in your bedroom remain unlighted, but if you remove one light bulb from
Christmas bulbs, the other bulbs no longer light. Light bulbs in houses are
connected differently from that of Christmas bulbs.

The connection of light bulbs at home is called parallel while the

Christmas light bulbs is in series. A series connection has two or more loads but
current flows through a single conducting path while parallel connections has
more than one path for current to flow. The figure below shows the differences
between series and parallel connections.

Fig.1: Series Connection Fig. 2a: Parallel connection Fig. 2b: Parallel connection

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TABLE 2. You can study the table below to summarize the concepts above.

CURRENT VOLTAGE
DEFINITION Current is the rate at Voltage, also called
which electric charge electromotive force, is the
flows past a point in a potential difference in
circuit. In other words, charge between two
current is the rate of flow points in an electrical
of electric charge. field. In other words,
voltage is the "energy per
unit charge”.
UNIT A or ampere V or volts or voltage
RELATIONSHIP Current is the effect Voltage is the cause and
(voltage being the cause). current is its effect.
Current cannot flow Voltage can exist without
without Voltage. current.
MEASURING Ammeter Voltmeter
INSTRUMENT
SI UNIT 1 ampere =1 1 volt = 1 joule/coulomb.
coulomb/second. (V=W/C)
SERIES Same Equal to the sum across
each load
PARALLEL Shared Same anywhere

II. Learning Competency:

Infer the relationship between current and voltage. (S8FE-Ig-30)

III. Activities

Activity 1

Directions: Write V if the statement describes Voltage and I, if it describes current.

__________1. It is the difference in charge between two points.

__________2. It is the rate at which charge is flowing.
__________3. Has SI unit of A
__________4. Uses Voltmeter to measure the energy per unit charge.
__________5. It can exist without the other.
__________6. Has SI unit of V

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__________7. The flow of water can be the best example of___.
__________8. The pressure that pushes the water to flow can be representation of
_.
__________9. Has symbol I.
__________10. Responsible in lightning a bulb.

Activity 2

Directions: Complete the table for circuit diagramed at the right.

Circuit Voltage(V) Current Resistance

position (A) (Ω)
1 2.00 10.0
2 0.1 20.0
3 0.067
Total

Activity 3

Directions: Study the picture and answer in brief the following questions below:

Q1. Explain what happens to the current in a series when there is a break in the
circuit.

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For questions 2-4 refer to the image below.

Q2. Explain what happens to the voltage across each bulb as more bulbs are added
to the circuit.

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___________________________________________________________________.

Q3. Explain what happens to the current in each bulb as more bulbs are added to
the circuit.

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___________________________________________________________________.

Q4. Explain what happens to the total current provided by the battery as more bulbs
are added to the circuit.

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___________________________________________________________________.

III. Rubric for Scoring (If necessary)

Criteria 2 1 0
Answer The answer was The answer is No answer
precise and correct
explained

IV. Reflection:

1. What part of this Learning Activity Sheet have you encountered with difficulty?
Why?

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2. What part of this Learning Activity Sheet you learned easily? Why?
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V. References:

Grade 8 Learners Module pages 61-63

https://printableworksheets.in/worksheet/voltage-and-current
https://slideplayer.com/slide/1674377/7/images/13/QUESTION
%3A+What+happens+to+current+in+other+lamps+if+one+lamp+in+a+series+circuit
+burns+out.jpg
https://ds055uzetaobb.cloudfront.net/brioche/uploads/pNR7BTaZq9D237OfomBaPk-
DC-mm-dd-yy-Light-bulb-series-790-1-C87iC6.png?width=1200
https://www.fluke.com/en-ph/learn/blog/electrical/what-is-resistance

VI. Answer Key:

Activity I

1. V
2. I
3. I
4. V
5. V
6. I
7. I
8. V
9. I
10. V

Activity II

Circuit Voltage(V) Current Resistance

positio (A) (Ω)
n
1 2.0 0.2 10.0
2 2.0 0.1 20.0
3 2.0 0.067 30.0

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 Total 6.00

Activity III

Q1. The circuit is no longer complete, therefore current cannot flow.

Q2. The voltage decreases because the current is decreased and the resistance
increases.
Q3. The current remains the same. The total resistance drops in a parallel circuit as
more bulbs are added.
Q4. The current increases.

Prepared by:
(Andrea J. de Guzman/ Arayat National HS)