Electric Circuits
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BorderlineGenius on May 5, 2012
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Vocabulary words and important facts from Chapter 35: Electric Circuits from the Prentice Hall Conceptual Physics textbook. Big Idea: Any path along which electrons can flow is an electric circuit. Note: some of the definitions/terms may vary from those that appear in the book. The ones that do not (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 circuit | a complete path |
| How can a circuit achieve a continuous flow of electrons? | For a continuous flow of electrons, there must be a complete circuit with no gaps. |
| series circuit | a circuit in which devices are arranged so that charge flows through each in turn |
| What happens to current in other lamps if one lamp in a series circuit burns out? | If one device fails in a series circuit, current in the whole circuit ceases and none of the devices will work. |
| parallel circuit | a circuit in which each electrical device is connected to the same two points of the circuit |
| What happens if one device in a parallel circuit fails? | In a parallel circuit, each device operates independent of the other devices. A break in any one path does not interrupt the flow of charge in the other paths. |
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