Electricity and Energy Circuits

According to this passage, what is the second component of a circuit?

• electric current

• energy source

• energy recipient

• wire or cable

What role do the two diagrams play in the passage?

• They illustrate two types of circuits that are described in the text.

• They contradict the information described in the text about series and parallel circuits.

• They illustrate how series and parallel circuits combine to form a combination circuit.

• They illustrate information about circuits not discussed in the text of passage.

What would happen if one light went out in a parallel circuit?

• All of the lights would go out.

• The circuit would become a simple circuit

• All the lights except for that one would stay lit.

• The energy source would stop working.

Read these sentences: “Combination circuits do not use just one type of circuit. Instead, combination circuits utilize both series and parallel types.”The word utilize means

• to make use of

• to burn out

• to provide energy for

• to create

The primary purpose of this passage is to describe

• what combination circuits are

• how Christmas lights work

• the types of circuits found in computers

• how different types of circuits work

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.In a series circuit, energy is passed from one recipient to the next; __________, the flow of energy stops if one of the recipients has a problem.

• previously

• however

• on the other hand

• consequently