Year 7 Science Test

P7.2 Electricity

Name:

Class: Date:

1 Which is the best description of electric current?

A a pathway of least resistance

B a potential difference

C a flow of electrons

D a measure of the ‘push’ of a cell

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2 Joe builds this circuit. When he first closed the

switch, all the bulbs lit.

A B D E
C

Later, one of the bulbs broke. All the other

bulbs went off too.
Which bulb must have broken?

Letter
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3 What is the missing ammeter reading?

0.3A A A

A
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4 a) Which circuit is correctly set up to measure the

voltage across the bulb?

A B

V
C D

b) What instrument is used to measure voltage

(potential difference)?

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 c) What is voltage (potential difference) a
measure of?

A the rate of flow of negative charge

B the current flowing around the

circuit

C the energy provided by the cell

D how hard it is to push current

through a component
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5 The cell and the bulbs are identical in all three

circuits below.

A
A
A

Circuit 1 Circuit 2 Circuit 3

What relationship will the ammeter readings show?

A the ammeter reading for circuit 1 will

be highest

B ammeter readings for all three circuits

will be the same

C the ammeter reading for circuit 2 will

be half that of circuit 1

D the ammeter reading for circuit 1 will

be lowest
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6 The diagram shows the inside of the plug on a
hairdryer.

a) What is Z?


b) Explain how Z helps to keep people safe when

they are using the hairdryer.


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7 Morgan investigates how the current changes in a
series circuit as more bulbs are added.

The table shows her results. All the bulbs she uses
are identical.

Number of bulbs Current (A)

1 0.20
2 0.10
3 0.07
4 0.05
5 0.04

a) Describe the pattern in Morgan’s results.



b) Explain the reason for this pattern in the

ammeter readings.


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Total for test : 12 marks
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