ET unit 10 --- series and parallel circuits

Which type of circuit is shown?

• open circuit

• short circuit

• power circuit

• resistor circuit

Which type of circuit is shown?

• open circuit

• closed circuit

• short circuit

• power circuit

What circuit element does this symbol represent?

• electric current

• wires

• resistors, or bulbs

• batteries

Which type of circuit?

• Series

• Parallel

Which type of circuit?

• Series

• Parallel

An example of a voltage source is ---

• a battery

• a resistor, or light bulb

• an electric charge

• a conducting wire

When one light bulb in a series circuit containing several light bulbs burns out, what happens?

• the voltage reverses in the circuit

• the other light bulbs burn brighter

• nothing changes in the rest of the circuit

• none of the other bulbs will light up

When one light bulb in a parallel circuit containing several light bulbs burns out, what happens?

• the voltage reverses in the circuit

• nothing changes in the circuit

• the other bulbs go out

• the other bulbs burn brighter

Measures the flow of electric charge through a wire

• voltage

• resistance

• current

• charge

Measures the change in electrical potential energy per unit of charge.

• voltage

• current

• resistance

• power