Understand the Effect of Using Different Wires in a Circuit

In this worksheet, students will be helped to consider the effect of changing the length and thickness of wire in a circuit in terms of how much current flows and how components are affected.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 6 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic: Electricity

Curriculum subtopic: Variations in Functions of Components

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Worksheet Overview

Mrs. Bates's science class were working on electric circuits.

First of all, they were investigating how the length of a piece of wire affected different components in a circuit. They started by setting up a simple circuit using a cell and a bulb connected by two clips into which lengths of wire could be inserted to complete the circuit:

electrical circuit

Mrs. Bates divided her class into ten groups and gave each group three different lengths of wire for them to test: 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm.

Let's move on to the questions to see what happened.

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