Series and Parallel Circuit Diagrams

• Battery

• Lines

• Resistor

• bulb

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

• resistor

• Ammeter

• Voltmeter

• Switch

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

• Ampere

• Switch

• Bulb

• Battery

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

• voltage

• Voltmeter

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

• Ammeter

• Ampere

• And

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

• zig zag

• Resistor

• Ammeter

The picture shows an electrical circuit. This circuit is a series circuit because:

• It has 3 light bulbs.

• The same current flows through all three light bulbs.

• It uses a single battery.

• The electrical current is divided between the three light bulbs.

Which of the two circuits would have the brightest bulbs? 

• A
• B

What kind of circuit is this?

• series
• parallel

In a parallel circuit if one of the light bulbs burns out the rest _________.

• stop the flow of electricity

• can still light up

• will go out

• of the light bulbs burn out also