Parallel Circuit

Are household appliances connected in series or parallel?

• Series

• Parallel

• Both

• I am not sure

This circuit has more than one loop. When one light goes out, the others stay on. 

• closed circuit

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• open circuit

This is an example of a ______ circuit

• Series

• Parallel

• Open

• Dihexihedral

A parallel circuit

• has only one path for current to travel

• has more than one path for current to travel

• does not allow electricity to travel through it

• has magnets that cause electric current

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

If the switch was opened, what would happen?

• the ammeter would measure a current flowing

• current would no longer flow, so everything would be off

• the bulbs would stay on because they're connected to the cell

• the bulbs would burn out and catch fire

Pick the correct sentence.

• This circuit will work because it is a closed circuit.

• Energy will freely flow in this circuit.

• This circuit will not work because there is no energy source.

• This circuit will not work because there is no switch.

In a parallel circuit, if one component fails, what happens to the rest of the components?

• All components stop working

• Only the failed component stops working

• The circuit becomes a series circuit

• The voltage across each component increases

Which of the following is a characteristic of a parallel circuit?

• Current is the same through all components

• Voltage is the same across all components

• Resistance is the same across all components

• Power is the same across all components

What happens to the total resistance in a parallel circuit when more resistors are added?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains the same

• It doubles