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i)What is a Serise circuit?
ii)What is a Parallel circuit?
i)A circuit with one loop.
ii)A circuit with 2 or more loops.
i)What is an insulator?
ii)What is a conductor?
i)A substance which electricity cannot pass through.
ii)A substance which electricity can pass through.
What is an electric circuit?
A path which electricity can flow.
What is a complete circuit?
A circuit with no gaps.
What does that battery do?
The battery pushes an electric current through the wires and bulbs.
What do the wires do?
The wires are used to join the battery to the bulb.
What does the ammeter do?
The ammeter measures the currents in amps.
What does the switch do?
The switch is used to stop to flow of elctricity or to turn the bulb on/off.
In a bulb what is the electrical change?
Electricity ----------> Light + Heat.
What is the electric change in a battery?
Chemical -------------> Heat + Electricity.
What is voltage?
Voltage provides the push to get the electrons moving.
What is the diffrence between and anologue and a digital meter?
one has a dial the other has digital numbers.
What component do you measure voltage with?
Voltmeter.
What component do you measure current with ?
Ammeter.
What happens if you add more bulbs in serise?
The overall brightness gets dimmer but the bulbs are equally as bright.
What happens if you add more bulbs in Parallel?
The overall brightness stays the same this is because the total current splits into branches.
If a bulb and cell are in serise then what reason could the bulb not light?
i)the bulb is broken.
ii)the battery is broken
iii)the circuit is broken.
Which side of the battery symbol is+, the long or short?
Long side.
Which side of the battery symbol is -, the long or the short?
Short side.
Which side does the current flow from in a battery?
from the + to the -.