electric circuits i- cal poly（电路i -卡尔聚）（16页）.docVIP

Electric Circuits I Goals To develop a model for how current flows in a circuit To see how a battery supplies current and voltage to a circuit To measure current flow in series and parallel circuits To determine the behavior of current at a circuit junction Equipment fresh D cell battery and holder 1 switches 3 light bulbs (1.5 V) and holders Digital multimeter with leads 2 current probes (for LoggerPro) 2 differential voltage probes (for LoggerPro) LabPro USB interface LoggerPro software installed Cal Poly PHYS133 files: TWOCURRENTS, TWOVOLTAGES, CURVOLT Several wires with alligator clips on both ends Activity 1: Warm-up circuit Design a circuit that causes a light bulb to light up when a switch is closed. Your circuit might resemble the following: Test the circuit. Answer the following questions: Q1.1: What does the switch do? Q1.2: Starting at the battery, describe how you think the current flows through the circuit when the switch is closed. Q1.3: Leave the bulb on for 10-20 seconds. Touch the bulb. How does it feel? Besides giving off light, what else happens to the bulb when current runs through it? Q1.4: What can you conclude about the path needed by the current to make the bulb light up? Activity 2: Establishing a model for electric current You probably know that the bulb glows because current from the battery flows through it. What model would you propose for this current flow? Model A: There will be no current left to flow in the bottom wire since all the current is used up lighting the bulb. Model B: The current will travel toward the bulb in both wires. Model C: The direction of current will be in the direction shown, but there will be less current in the return wire since some of the current is used up lighting the bulb Model D: The direction of the current will be as shown, and the magnitude will be the same in both wires. My best choice for the model describing current is Model __________. Lets test this by building a circuit