Electric Circuits

__________ is a complete, unbroken path that electric charges can flow through.

• Electrical Circuit

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Switch

__________ is the difference in electric potential energy per charge between two point in a circuit.

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

• Ohm's Law

__________ is the measure of how difficult it is for current to flow through an object.

• Resistance

• Voltage

• Switch

• Energy Source

This states that resistance in a circuit is equal to the voltage divided by the current:

• Ohm's Law

• Voltage

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

A __________ circuit has all the parts of the circuit connected one after the other along one path.

• series

• parallel

• voltage

• resistant

A __________ circuit has different parts of the circuit on multiple pathways in which the current can take.

• parallel

• series

• switch

• resistant

What kind of device in a circuit supplies energy?

• battery

• resistor

• switch

• wire

What kind of device acts a resistor?

• objects that use energy or obstruct current flow

• any power source

• a switch

• a wire

What does voltage measure?

• the difference in potential energy per charge between two points

• the amount of resistance

• the amount of current flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

In the image of the series circuit, what part of the circuit is letter A pointing to?

• wire

• switch

• resistor

• energy source