Definition
This is the difference in electrical energy between 2 points in a circuit.
What is voltage?
This is the unit used to measure voltage.
What is a volt?
This will decrease as more resistors/loads are added in series.
What is the voltage across the loads of a series circuit?
These are the 3 basic parts in a circuit.
What is an energy source, a load, and wire/pathway?
This is the degree to which a substance opposes the flow of electric current through it.
What is resistance?
This is the symbol for resistance.
What is R?
This will remain the same at any point in a series circuit?
What is the current?
This is an electric circuit where the devices are arranged in parallel paths.
What is a parallel circuit?
This the amount of electric charge that passes by a point in an electric circuit at a given time interval.
What is electric current?
This is the symbol for current.
What is I?
The brightness of each lightbulb will dim when more bulbs are added to this type of circuit.
What is a series circuit?
This is an electric circuit where the components are arranged one after another.
What is a series circuit?
What is an electrochemical cell?
This is the unit used to measure current.
What is an ampere/amp (A)?
A parallel circuit has a total current of 0.2A. This is the current across each of the 2 bulbs which have the same resistance.
What is 0.1A?
What is an open circuit?
This is any material that can slow down current flow.
What is a resistor?
This is the unit used to measure resistance.
What is an ohm (Ω)?
The potential difference of a 3 cell battery in a parallel circuit is 9V. This is the potential difference across ONE of the 3 loads in the circuit.
What is 9V?
This is a model used by engineers and designers where symbols are used designing and analyzing an electric circuit.
What is a schematic or circuit diagram?