Parallel Circuit

Does this circuit have one or two paths?

• one path

• two paths

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Is this circuit a series or parallel circuit?

• series

• parallel

In a parallel circuit, each device

• shares electrical pressure

• gets the full electrical pressure

If another bulb is added in a parallel circuit, each bulb would

• stay the same

• get dimmer

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an electrical path that branches so that the current divides and only part of it flows through any branch

• parallel circuit

• open circuit

• electrical energy

• insulator

Which best describes a parallel circuit?

• Electricity flows along one pathway.

• The flow of electricity comes from one source. 

• Electricity flows along more than one pathway. 

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

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

In a parallel circuit which of the following is the same value throughout the circuit?

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

• Charge

If you unscrew one lightbulb in a parallel circuit, the rest will stay __.

If one of the light bulbs in a parallel circuit is removed from its socket (the socket is left in place), what will happen to the other light bulbs?

• The other light bulbs will stay lit with the same brightness

• The other light bulbs will go out

• The other light bulbs will burn brighter

• Both light bulb will stay lit

Answer explanation

The current in any branch on a parallel circuits is independent of what is going on in the other branches.