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Physics - Electricity Name__________________________ Lab - D. C. Circuit Simulation - Series and Parallel Circuits Partners Name___________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Open click click click click click phet.colorado.edu play with simulations Physics Electricity Circuit Construction Kit DC only run now Part A SERIES CIRCUITS 1. Drag and place a battery, ammeter and a resistor on the circuit area. (switch optional). Use the “wire” to connect the circuit 2. Record current: _______ and draw circuit in the box at right 3. Right click on the battery and click show value to find the voltage of the battery. Record battery voltage: _________ 4. Since you know the current and the voltage, use these values to Calculate the resistance and record your calculations here: Resistance of this Circuit:__________ 5. Make room for another circuit in the same window. This time use TWO RESISTORS IN SERIES 6. Record current for the new circuit: ________ and draw circuit in 2nd box at the right 7. Which circuit has the highest current?_____________________ 8. Which circuit has the most resistance?_____________________ 9. Now make a third circuit with a single resistor. 10. Right click on the resistor and change resistance 11. Adjust resistor to get the SAME CURRENT as the circuit with 2 resistors. THIS IS CALLED THE EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE! The effective resistance of a combination of Resistors = total voltage/total current. It’s the valued needed to replace the combination of resistors With a single resistor and get the same resistance. Resistor value = ____________ 12. Click on schematic show value Draw third circuit at the right - check that all diagrams show Battery Voltages, Resistance Values and Currents Conclusion 1. Two ten ohm resistors in series act like a single _______ 2. What is the effective resistance of resistor a) Two 200 ohm resistors in series ? ______________ b) Three 100 ohms resistors in series ? ___________ c) 5 ohm, 10 ohm and 15 ohm in series ? ___________ Part B PARALLEL CIRCUITS 1. Click Reset All to empty the workspace. Drag and place a battery, an ammeter and a resistor on the circuit area. Right click on the battery and change it to 20 V, Right click on the resistor and change it to 100 ohms 2. Connect with wire and record the current: ________ 3. Calculate current using I=V/R Does it match what you have recorded on the circuit?__ 4. Click schematic show value and draw circuit --> 5. Make a second circuit with a 20 V battery, an ammeter and TWO 100 ohm RESISTORS IN PARALLEL. Be sure the Resistors are arranged like this: Record the Current:______ 6. Does the circuit with one or two resistors have the higher current? ________ 7. Does this surprise you?_____ 8. Calculate the Resistance here to show how it looks: 9. Is the effective resistance more or less ? ___________ 10. Now change your single resistor circuit. Right click on the resistor and change it’s value until your get the SAME CURRENT as in your 2 resistor circuit Resistor value = ____________ 11. Draw the parallel circuit in the box ->> __________ Conclusion 1. Two 100 ohm resistors in PARALLEL act like a single _______ resistor – THIS IS THE EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE! 2. What is the effective resistance of two 200 ohm resistors in parallel ? ______________ Part C VOLTAGES 1. Use 12 V batteries, 10 ohm resistors for: a series 2 resistor circuit, and SERIES CIRCUIT VOLTAGES Batt.Current Calc. EFF. AMPS RESIST BATTERY Resistor Resistor OHMS 1 2 a parallel 2 resistor circuit PARALLEL CIRCUIT 2. In Tool area click on Voltmeter. VOLTAGES Batt.Current Calc. EFF. The meter will appear in the AMPS RESIST BATTERY Resistor Resistor OHMS 1 2 work area. Move to side. 3. Use the mouse to move the voltage probes to measure the voltages across battery and each resistor in each circuit. Make sure the current meter is NEXT to the battery Complete table - Then CALCULATE the effective resistance = batt voltage/ batt current Conclusion 1. In a series circuit, the voltage across each of 2 equal resistors is approximately: ( the same as) ( half) ( double) the battery voltage. 2. In a parallel circuit, the voltage across each of 2 resistors is approximately: ( the same as) ( half) ( double) the battery voltage. Extra 1. Build a circuit with 60 V battery and three 10 ohm resistors in series: Current:_______ Voltage across each resistor: ________ Effective resistance:__________ 2. Build a circuit with 12 V battery and three 100 ohm resistors in parallel: Current:_______ Voltage across each resistor: ________ Effective resistance:__________