Device

ELECTRICITY YEAR 5

Series and Parallel Circuits

1 The diagram below shows two electric circuits.

W
P Q

X
Y Z

Circuit A Circuit B

(a) What do W, X, Y and Z represent?

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(b) i. Which circuit is a parallel circuit?

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ii. Give a reason for your answer in (b) i.

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(c) i. Which circuit is a series circuit?

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ii. Give a reason for your answer in (c) i.

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(d) What should you do to…

i. light up both bulbs in circuit A?
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ii. light up only bulb Q in circuit B?

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(e) When all the switches are turned on, the bulbs in which circuit are brighter?
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