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Lesson: Calculating the Electric Current in a Wire Science

In this lesson, we will learn how to calculate the electric current in a simple circuit.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recall that the coulomb is a unit of electric charge,
recall the unit symbol for the coulomb,
recall that the ampere is a unit of current,
recall the unit symbol for the ampere,
recall that one ampere is equal to one coulomb passing a point in a wire in one second,
use .

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Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Which of the following is a measurement of electric charge?

Q2:

Which of the following is the unit of electric current?

Q3:

The diagram shows an electric circuit containing a cell and a bulb. The current in the circuit is 1 ampere. How much charge flows past point P in the circuit in one second?