S.T.A.A.R. Review
learn what you didn't get in class in the article below
Circuits
A circuit is any path where electricity flows, but sometimes understanding them can be difficult. There are many different kinds of circuits including parallel circuits, series circuits, complete circuits, and incomplete circuits. Which I will tell you about.
Complete circuit
A complete circuit is any circuit where the energy can get from the positive side to the negative side. This tells you if what you want to work works there's a complete circuit somewhere.
Here's where it gets more difficult
Parallel Circuit
A parallel circuit is a circuit where there is more than one path for energy to flow. As explained in the picture there are many paths electricity can flow through.But unlike in a series circuit there are certain places you can cut at, where a bulb or two might stay on.
Series Circuits
A series circuit is a circuit where there is only one path from which electricity can flow. That means if you cut the path anywhere or one part of the circuit doesn't work, the whole thing doesn't work. So if you have Christmas lights up and one bulb goes out, you can say bye bye to the rest of the light bulbs.
incomplete circuit
A incomplete circuit is where energy has no way of getting from the positive side to the negative side. So if there is a break, no battery, or batteries faced the wrong way it will not work.