Electric Circuit Physics

battery

A ____ converts chemical energy to electrical energy

resistor

A _____ is a device that controls the current in a circuit.

resistor

A _____ is described as a device with specific resistance and is used to control current

resistor

A __________ is described as a device with specific resistance and is used to control current.

kilowatt-hour

A(n) _____ is an energy unit that power companies use to measure electrical energy use.

electric circuit

A(n) _____ is described as a closed loop or pathway that allows electric charges to flow

kilowatt-hour

A(n)_____ is equal to the amount of energy that a 1,000-W device transforms in 3,600 s.

ammeter

A/An _____ is a device that is used to measure the current in any branch or part of a circuit.

parallel circuit

A/An _____ is a type of electric circuit in which there are multiple paths.

series circuit

A/An _____ is a type of electric circuit in which there is a single current path.

electric current

A/An _____ is described as a flow of charged particles.

ammeter

A/An _____ is described as a low resistance device connected in series that is used to measure current.

fuse

A/An _____ is described as a piece of metal that acts as a safety device in a circuit which melts and stops the current.

electric current

A/An _____ is described as the flow of charged particles.

conventional current

A/An _____ is the flow of positive charges that move from higher to lower potential energy

voltmeter

A/An _____ is used to measure the potential difference across a portion of a circuit.

short circuit

A/An _____ occurs when a very low resistance circuit is formed and can easily start a fire.

circuit breaker

An automatic switch that opens when the current reaches a set value is called a:

decreases

If a branch with a resistor is added to a parallel circuit, the equivalent resistance:

increases

If a resistor is added to a series circuit, the equivalent resistance:

current

In a series circuit, each circuit element has the same:

ampere

The current equal to one coulomb per second is a/an _____.

11 lights

There are 11 lights in series, and they are in series with 2 lights in parallel. If the 13 lights are identical, which of them will burn brightest?

Resistance

_____ is a property that determines the amount of current for a given source voltage.

equivalent resistance

_____ is described as the sum of all the individual resistances in a series.