Electricity Notes 7

Series and Parallel Circuits

Series Circuit1) Current follows in only _________ path.

2) Path of current is from ___________ electrode of battery to __________ and then to the _______________ electrode.

3) If one load is out (_________________) then all _________ go out. Ex. _______________________

4) The more _______, the less _________ (current) through the circuit.

5) Resistors in series ____ _____.

negative

ONE

loadpositive

path brokenloads Christmas tree lights

loads energy

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Parallel Circuits1) Electric current can flow in ______________ path

2) If one load _________, others still _________ Ex. ___________________________

3) The more _________ you add to a circuit, does _____ affect energy (____________)

4) Resistors in ______________ are equal to:__________________________

More than ONE

Goes out workHow your house is wired

loads notcurrent

parallelR = r1 x r2 / r1 + r2

Schematic Diagrams

Series Circuit Parallel Circuit

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