Equipment in this category is used to study flow of electrical energy and the relationship between electrical energy and magnetism.

Some examples of equipment used to study electricity and magnetism are:

What is a resistor?

The images below are examples of resistors that are used in electrical circuits. In your notes, answer the questions that follow.

Source: Resistors, Omegatron, Wikimedia Commons

  1. What do you think a resistor does?
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    A resistor controls the current in a circuit.Close Pop Up
  2. What types of labs do you think a resistor might be used for?
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    A possible answer would be to study the flow of electrical current through a parallel or series circuit.Close Pop Up

    3. Video segment. Assistance may be required. Voltage across the terminals of a battery

  3. What types of equipment from the list above did you see?
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    multimeter, magnets, battery, coil, leads, mass, metal rod Close Pop Up
  4. Describe what you saw in the video. What type of information do you think they could possibly investigate in a lab?
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    Some possible answers are magnetic fields or electromagnetism. Close Pop Up