Circuits and Ohms Law

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

• It has 3 light bulbs.

• The same current flows through all 3 light bulbs.

• It uses a single battery.

• The electrical current is divided between the 3 light bulbs.

This is the symbol for a _____?

• switch

• light

• battery

• wires

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

This is the symbol for a _____?

• an AC current source

• a DC current source

• a battery

• a single cell

This type of circuit only has one path for current to flow. 

• series

• parallel

• combination

• split

This circuit is .....?

• open

• parallel

• closed

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Which best describes a parallel circuit?

• Electricity flows along one pathway.

• The flow of electricity comes from one source.

• Electricity flows along more than 1 pathway.

• The flow of electricity comes from more than one source.

What is one problem with using a series circuit?

• It has a lot of series.

• If one goes down, they all go down.

• It doesn't work properly.

• There are no problems.

What is one benefits of using a parallel circuit?  

• It gets confusing.

• There are no problems.

• If one goes down, it does not affect the others.

 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.

Does this diagram represent a series or parallel circuit?

• series circuit

• parallel circuit