How Electricity Works

A closed path that electric current follows 

• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance 
• Circuit

The tendency for a material to oppose the flow of electrons, changing electrical energy into heat energy and light.

• Voltage
• Current
• Resistance
• Circuit 

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The current has only one loop to flow through in this circuit. 

• Series Circuit 
• Parallel Circuit 

This circuit contains two or more branches for current to move through. 

• Series Circuit 
• Parallel Circuit 

Homes are wired in __________.

• series circuit
• parallel circuit
• kilowatt-hour
• negative, positive

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When you remove a bulb from a three bulb circuit, and the other two bulbs go off, then the bulbs must have been connected in __________.

• parallel
• series
• open
• closed

Does this statement best describe a parallel or a series circuit?
 
When more light bulbs are added they all remain bright. 

• Parallel circuit
• Series circuit

Electricity moves only in a __________ circuit.

• circuit
• square
• closed
• open

When we turn the switch to the off position, the circuit is __________.

• closed
• open
• negative, positive
• overload

Electricity used in most homes is generated in a __________.

• power plant
• conductor
• cell
• thermonuclear reactor