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Evidence 3
BILINGÜE

ELECTRIC
ITY
Selected Topics Of Physics Miss Adela Morales Salazar

Group: 408
Cristina Ascencio Espinosa (Circuit 2) 2000201
Team 06
José Jaime De Los Ríos Martínez (Circuit 1) 1994320

Gabriel de Jesus Uribe Torres (Circuito 3) 1994994 Monterrey, Nuevo León, April 21th, 2021
 Materials

Procedures
● Selected Topics of Physics
textbook
● Notebook
● Calculator
● Internet access

1. Enter on the next link:

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html
2. On the simulation, construct the circuit with the characteristics of problem 11 page 134 of your textbook.
3. When completely assemble, take a screenshot and paste it in your document.
4. To register the measurements, you must make a table like the one shown below (in the document made
in step 2). On the table, write the values and paste a snipped screenshot to demonstrate your
measurement.
5. To measure the electric current you must place de ammeter on each resistance and observe the
measurement. Next, take the voltmeter and place each end at the ends of the resistor.
6. Take a screenshot when both measuring instruments are connected to the circuit and paste it on the
table. Crop the picture to a proper size to see the values of the measurements.
7. Repeat the procedure for each resistor until you complete all the measurements.
8. Now, compare the results of your measurements with the results of the problem you solved in the
requirement activity (asynchronous session week 3) and discuss with your partners similarities and
differences.
CIRCUIT 1
R(Ω) I(A) V(V) Screenshot with the measurement

6Ω 3A 18V

4Ω 3A 12V

2Ω 3A 6V
CIRCUIT 2
R(Ω) I(A) V(V) Screenshot with the measurement

3Ω 3A 9A

6Ω 1.5 A 9A

9Ω 1A 9A
CIRCUIT 3
R(Ω) I(A) V(V) Screenshot with the measurement

6Ω 1.5A 9V

6Ω 1.5A 9V

6Ω 3A 18V
CONCLUSIONS
In this practice, we learned more about electric circuits and how to find voltage, current, and resistance. Thanks to Ohm's
Law, we could understand a way to obtain values of circuits like the voltage, current, and resistance.

The series circuit was simple; the current always is the same everywhere in the circuit, its simplification was easy,
and the application of Ohm's Law was not complicated. The difficulties appeared in the parallel circuit and the combined
because the application of Ohm's Law can not be used in the first contact. In that case, the equivalent resistance is not
obtained with a simple addition of resistance, we need to add the reciprocal of the resistance, and the result will be
reciprocal too, this point gave us difficulties in the beginning.

Also, we noticed the difference of the circuits related to the voltage and current, while the series circuit have the
same current everywhere, and its total voltage is equal to the addition of the voltages of the resistors, the parallel circuit
have the same voltage, but the total current is the addition of each current of the resistors.

The simulation helped us to understand the characteristics of the circuits, and the theoretical way was helpful
because the comparison of both types of circuits gave us a form to differentiate them and the procedures to obtain the
values of each one.
CIRCUIT 4