Electricity End of Topic Test

Year 6 ScienceElectricity10 pages

About this worksheet

Twenty-eight questions in five sections make up this Year 6 electricity test. Pupils name six circuit symbols, compare four circuits from 1.5 V to 4.5 V to find the brightest and dimmest bulbs, and spot two faults in a buzzer circuit. A table from Amira and Leo's light-meter investigation, with an odd reading of 195 lux, drives the working scientifically questions. The last section asks how Sam should wire a model lighthouse and compares mains electricity with batteries. The test follows the Year 6 Electricity programme of the England National Curriculum, and three answer pages close it.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Electricity

“Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit”

Questions 13 to 17 and the light-meter data in questions 22 to 25.

Electricity

“Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches”

Questions 15, 18 and 19, and the two faults in question 20.

Electricity

“Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram”

Questions 1 to 6 and the drawn circuit in question 21.

What's inside this worksheet

Section A: Circuit Symbols and Key Vocabulary

Pupils name six symbols from a word bank, from cell and battery to motor and open switch. They fill gaps with volts, conductor, insulator and complete, then explain the difference between a cell and a battery.

Section B: Circuit Analysis and Voltage

Circuits A to D drive questions 13 to 17. Pupils pick the brightest bulb, the dimmest and the one that will not light, and predict what a 12 V battery does to a 3 V bulb. A four-row table asks how changes such as longer wires affect a component.

Section C: Fault Finding and Drawing Circuits

Pupils find two faults in a silent buzzer circuit. They then draw a working series circuit with two cells, two bulbs, a motor and a closed switch.

Section D: Working Scientifically

Using Amira and Leo's lux readings for 1 to 4 cells, pupils fill in the missing 4.5 V, name the variables and explain the 195 lux anomaly. Question 26 asks why a light meter is better than judging by eye.

Section E: Application and Evaluation

Question 27 asks how to give Sam's lighthouse a bright light and a buzzer on its own push-switch. Question 28 weighs the safety and environmental impact of mains power against batteries.

Answers

Answers for all 28 questions, with a completed change table and marking guidance for the drawn circuit in question 21.

How teachers use it

Build Circuit C

When you go over the test, build Circuit C with three bulbs on one 1.5 V cell. Seeing how dim it is settles question 14 faster than any explanation.

Talk about the anomaly

Question 25 is worth doing as a class. Ask what could make Test 2 read 195 lux instead of about 360, and list the ideas on the board.

Rulers out

Remind pupils at the start that question 21 needs a ruler. The answer page gives credit for a neat rectangle with no gaps.

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