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Potential Difference

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Key Stage 2

Meaning

Voltage is how much push electricity has.

About Voltage

The bigger the voltage the more push the electricity has to go around the circuit.
Adding another cell to the circuit in series will increase the voltage.
With a bigger voltage a lamp will be brighter and a buzzer will be louder.
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A series circuit with one cell and one bulb. A bulb is a series circuit will be brighter with two cells than with one.