Basic Circuits

This is the symbol for a _____?

• switch

• light

• battery

• wires

What kind of circuit is this?

• Series

• Consecutive

• Parallel

• Training

When you flip a light switch on and off you are closing and opening a circuit.

• true

• false

Which switch or switches must be closed to make the lamps light?

• Only switch A

• Only switch B

• Switches A and B

• Switches A , B and C

If L2 is unscrewed from its holder, what will happen to L1?

• It will stay lit

• It will go out

• It will get dimmer

• It will disappear

What is this Symbol?

• Motor

• Diode

• Resistor

• Buzzer

Every circuit MUST have...

• A Power Source, Energy User and a Switch

• An Energy User, Switch and a Conducting Pathway

• A Power Source, Conducting Pathway and a Bulb

• A Power Source, Conducting Pathway and an Energy User

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

• One

• Two 

• Three 

• Four

What is a Parallel circuit? 

• Has only one path 

• Has more than one path 

• Allows energy to travel through easily 

• Has only one light bulb

What is this symbol?

• Switch

• Resistor

• Cell

• Transformer