Q1.

          Electricity

          Tick ONE box for each circuit to show whether the bulb will or will not light.

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Q2.          Electricity

(a)     Some children make this circuit to light a bulb.

The bulb is not lit.

Why is the bulb not lit?

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(b)     The children make another circuit to light a bulb.

The bulb is not lit.

Why is the bulb not lit?

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(c)     Here are two photographs of circuits and five circuit diagrams.

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Draw ONE line from each photograph to the matching circuit diagram.

(d)     The bulb is not lit in circuit 2.

Why is the bulb not lit?

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Q3.          Circuits

(a)     Lisa and James are testing different materials in a circuit.

When they connect a steel fork in the circuit, the bulb lights.

They put three other objects in the circuit, one at a time.

Complete the table of results, to show what they found, by putting ONE tick for each
object.

One has been done for you.

  bulb bulb
lights does not
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steel fork  

plastic comb    

wooden spoon    

aluminium foil    

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(b)     Daniel has made a circuit.

The circuit contains one new battery, two new bulbs and a switch.

The bulbs are not lit in Daniel’s circuit.

Why are the bulbs not lit in this circuit?

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(c)     Draw a circuit diagram of Daniel’s circuit. Use these symbols.

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Q4.          Simple circuit

(a)     Sue has a cell (battery), some wire and a bulb.

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 Sue joins these objects into the circuit, to see if the bulb lights:

cork                                     iron nail                             copper rod

plastic ruler                                                        steel spoon

She records her results in this table.

    spoon      

Bulb lights? No Yes Yes No Yes

Object B is the steel spoon.

Complete the sentences below to say what objects A and C are.

  (i)      Object A is either the ......................................................…..... or

the .....................................................................................….......
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(ii)     Object C is either the ..........................................…............….. or

the ...........................................................................................….
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(b)     Some of the objects are electrical insulators.

Use the information in Sue’s table. Write A, B, C, D and E in the correct group below
to sort the objects.

               Electrical insulators                               Electrical conductors

(c)     David makes a circuit with two bulbs and one cell (battery).
He draws a picture of it.

In the space below, draw a circuit diagram of David’s circuit.

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Q5.          Conducting electricity

(a)     Year 6 are testing objects to see if they conduct electricity.

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 The children place the objects between the clips.

How will the children know if each object conducts electricity?

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(b)     Does each object conduct electricity?

Write yes or no in each row of the table.

 
Object Does the object conduct electricity?

wooden ruler  

steel scissors  

sheet of paper  

rubber  

brass pin  

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Q6.          Electricity

(a)     Peter is making a circuit with a bulb.  He wants to use the circuit to find out if a metal
paperclip allows electricity to pass through.

What name is given to the property of metals that allows electricity to pass through?

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(b)     This is Peter’s circuit:

Name the ONE piece of equipment Peter must add to his circuit to see if the
paperclip allows electricity to pass through.

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(c)     Peter can tell from his circuit that the paperclip allows electricity to pass through.

What happens in Peter’s circuit to show him that the paperclip allows electricity to
pass through?

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(d)     Peter tests four more objects in his circuit.

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 Metal coin                    Iron nail                   Plastic ruler              Steel spoon

Only one object does not allow electricity to pass through.

He puts his results in a table.

Write yes or no in each box of the table to show if electricity passes through each
object.

 
Metal Iron Plastic Steel
Name of object Paper-clip
coin nail ruler spoon

Does electricity        
yes
pass through?

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(e)     Peter draws a bar chart to show his results.

Peter says ‘The table is better than the bar chart to show my results.
It gives me extra information.’
Look carefully at the table and bar chart.

What extra information does the table give?

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