Basic Circuit Elements

What is a current?

• A constant flow of electricity 
• A path that a current can flow along

What is a circuit?

• A constant flow of electricity 
• A path that a current can flow along

Gives a constant supply of electrons. 

• Power source
• Load
• Energy Pathway

A device that uses electricity. 

• Load 
• Battery Source
• Energy pathway

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What are the 3 basic components of a circuit?

• Energy source, Load, Energy Pathway
• Battery, Energy source, Energy Pathway
• Battery, Wire, Energy Pathway
• ALL of them

A wire is an example of _____.

• Battery source 
• Energy pathway
• Load
• All of them

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Which unit is current measured in?

• Volts

• Amps

• Coulombs

• Ohms

Which is the symbol for a fixed resistor?

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Which unit is charge measured in?

• Coulombs

• Volts

• Amps

• Ohms

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"the opposition that a substance offers to the flow of electric current" Is the definition for which quantity?

• Current

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Charge