What happens if the cells in a circuit are too powerful for the device in the circuit?
What do you call a material that electricity travels through?
Pushes electricity around a circuit
How could you make a motor turn faster?
Representation of circuits in symbols.
What happens if you put another lamp in a circuit?
What do you call a material that electricity can’t flow through?
A circuit in the current only has one path to take.
Turns a machine off by breaking the circuit
The power of a battery or cell is measured in:
What happens if you put one extra cell in a circuit with a lamp?
You need this for electricity to flow.
In this circuit the current has a choice of routes. The components are connected side by side.
SERIES CIRCUIT
THE DEVICE BURNS OUT
VOLTS
A CELL
ADD ANOTHER CELL
A CONDUCTOR
THE LAMPS ARE BOTH DIM.
PARALLEL CIRCUIT
THE LAMP GETS BRIGHTER
DIAGRAM
A SWITCH
AN INSULATOR
A COMPLETE CIRCUIT