
The voltage measured across the cell is the same for each circuit. Use ideas about energy to explain why this is.



Important Questions on Electrostatics and Electric Currents
Compare circuit with circuit . Ahmed measures the voltage across the first lamp in each circuit. He finds that the voltage across the first lamp in circuit is about half the voltage across the lamp in circuit .
Explain why this is.

We can write the relationship in circuit and circuit :
Voltage across lamp in circuit the voltage across the lamp in circuit
Which of the following statements is true about the voltage across lamp in circuit compared to lamp in circuit ?

Ahmed takes circuit apart and makes a new circuit . The two lamps are now connected in parallel with each other and the cell.
Draw a diagram of circuit . Label each of the lamps as '' or ''.

Which of these statements shows the correct relationship between the voltage of the cell and the voltages across lamps and ?

Blessy uses circuit to test the relationship between the voltage across the cell and the voltages across each lamp.
Write a method for Blessy's investigation. Assume that Blessy has only one voltmeter.

Blessy extends her investigation to include circuit . She also decides to measure the current in each lamp and the cell. Here is a partly completed table of results.
Circuit | Current in amperes | Voltage in volts | ||||
Cell | Lamp | Lamp | Cell | Lamp | Lamp | |
B | ||||||
D |

Which circuit could be used in an investigation to measure both current and voltage?

