Circuit Diagrams - Worksheet

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Circuit Diagrams
Use the circuit diagram symbols below to help answer the questions.

switch (OFF)

bulb battery buzzer wire switch (ON) motor

1. Draw a circuit diagram below with the following components: battery, wire, switch,
bulb.

2. Draw a circuit diagram below with the following components: battery, wire, motor.

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3. For each circuit diagram below, indicate whether the bulb will illuminate by ticking the ‘Yes’
or ‘No’ box. Use the adjacent ‘Discussion’ box to explain how you know, in a few words.

Will the bulb

Circuit Discussion
illuminate?

a)
YES

NO

b)
YES

NO

c)
YES

NO

d)
YES

M
NO

e)
YES

NO

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Answers
Use the circuit diagram symbols below to help answer the questions.

switch (OFF)

bulb battery buzzer wire switch (ON) motor

1. Draw a circuit diagram below with the following components: battery, wire, switch,
bulb.

2. Draw a circuit diagram below with the following components: battery, wire, motor.

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3. For each circuit diagram below, indicate whether the bulb will illuminate by ticking the ‘Yes’
or ‘No’ box. Use the adjacent ‘Discussion’ box to explain how you know, in a few words.

Will the bulb

Circuit Discussion
illuminate?

✓
a)
YES
The bulb is connected to a closed
circuit with a power source.
NO

b)
YES

There is no bulb.

NO ✓
c)
YES
The circuit is open/incomplete

✓
because the switch is open.
NO

d)
YES ✓ The bulb is connected to a closed
M circuit with a power source.
NO

e)
YES
There is no power source.

✓
Note: the open switch is irrelevant.
NO

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