Circuits

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

• It has 3 light bulbs.
• The same current flows through all three light bulbs.
• It uses a single battery.
• The electrical current is divided between the three light bulbs.

What is an electrical circuit?

• lets you turn the energy on and off
• a closed path where where electricity flows
• stop electricity from flowing through

A student began building a circuit to light a bulb.  What else does the student need to produce light?

• a battery that has energy
• a wire that is insulated
• a switch that is open
• another bulb of the same size

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What kind of circuit is this?

• Series
• Consecutive
• Parallel
• Training

What kind of circuit is this?

• Series
• Consecutive
• Parallel
• Training

Which is NOT true of a series circuit

• One light bulb can be broken and other lights will still work.
• All loads are a single loop
• Adding more loads will lessen the current in the loop

Choose the correct sentence.

• This circuit will work because it is an open circuit.
• This circuit will work because it is a closed circuit.
• This circuit will NOT work because it is an open circuit.
• This circuit will NOT work because it is a closed circuit.

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Levi is wanting to light a bulb.  What does he need to get the bulb to light?

• A battery and a paper clip
• A battery and a wire
• A paper clip and a wire
• A switch and a wire

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A series circuit has ____ path(s) that the electric current can take. 

• One
• Two 
• Three 
• Four

In a parallel circuit, if one connection is broken, all of the connections stop working.

• True
• False