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Series Parallel Circuits Introduction

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
Series
b)
Consecutive
c)
Parallel
d)
Training
2.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
Series
b)
Consecutive
c)
Parallel
d)
Training
3.
A series circuit has ____ path(s) that the electric current can take. 
a)
One
b)
Two 
c)
Three 
d)
Four
4.
What is the type of circuit that stops working when one bulb goes out?
a)
A broken circuit
b)
Parallel Circuit
c)
Series Circuit
d)
A metal circuit
5.
Does this diagram represent a series or parallel circuit?
a)
series circuit
b)
parallel circuit
6.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
series
b)
parallel
7.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
8.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
9.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
10.

What is Parallel Circuit?

a)

A wire that has a battery and a switch.

b)

A circuit that contains more than one path for current flow.

c)

A circuit that contians one path for current flow

d)

A circuit with a switch

11.
What is a benefit of using a parallel circuit?  
a)
It gets confusing.
b)
There are no problems.
c)
If one light goes out, it does not affect the others. 
d)
If one light goes out, they all go out. 
12.
What is one problem with using a series circuit? 
a)
It has a lot of series. 
b)
If one light goes down, they all go down! 
c)
It doesn't work properly.
d)
There are no problems. 
13.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
14.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
15.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
16.

What type of circuit is this?

a)
b)
17.
this is the symbol for a _____?
a)
switch
b)
light 
c)
battery
d)
wires
18.
what is this symbol for?
a)
light bulb
b)
switch
c)
battery
d)
resistor
19.
what kind of circuit is this?
a)
parallel
b)
series
c)
chris barton
d)
open
20.

What type of circuit does the picture represents?

a)

Series Circuit

b)

Parallel Circuit

21.

What type of circuit does the picture represents?

a)

Series Circuit

b)

Parallel Circuit