Using the information from the video, and after exploring the Intro section of the Circuit Construction Kit: DC PhET-MATCH the
following items with their function/role in the circuit.
(DO NOT change any of the values, but DO build and play with the tools)
Circuit Construction Kit: DC
Intro
Column A
1.
Wire
2.
Battery
3.
Light Bulb
4.
Switch
5.
Voltmeter
6.
Ammeter
7.
8.
Dollar Bill
9.
Coin.
10.
Pencil
Conventional Current
Column B
a. Works as a conductor in a circuit
b. Decreases the current in a series circuit
c. Measures the flow of electricity, the current, in a circuit
d. Acts as an insulator/resistor in a circuit, stopping the flow
of electrons
e. Movement from the positive terminal to the negative
terminal
f. Circuit load that converts electrical energy into light
g. Conductor of current routinely used in circuits
h. Converts chemical energy into electric energy
1. Opens and closes a circuit
J. Used to measure the difference in electric potential
between two points.