Batteries and Potential

Part 1: Brainstorm

At your table is an assortment of batteries. List as many similarities/differences between these batteries as you can.

Part 2: Measuring Potential

Use the multimeter to measure the potential across several configurations of multiple batteries. Click here to see a few possible configurations. Is there a general rule for determining the voltage across a combination of batteries?

Try to find a configuration of two batteries that results in each of the following potential differences:













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