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| Define an electric circuit. |
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| Any complete path along which charge can flow. |
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| Describe a series circuit. |
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| An electric circuit in which devices are arranged so that charge flows through each in turn. If one part of the circuit should stop the current, it will stop throughout the circuit. |
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| Describe a parallel circuit. |
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| An electric circuit in which devices are connected to the same two points of the circuit, so that any single device completes the circuit independently of the others. |
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| Electric circuits are described by diagrams called _________ ________. |
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| Short or Long. The positive terminal is represented with a ________ line. |
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| The number of pairs of lines for a battery sometimes indicates the number of _____________ in the battery. |
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| What is equivalent resistance? |
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| The value of the single resistor that would give the same load to the battery or power source. |
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| What do you call an electrical line that has so much parallel resistance that the amount of current that the circuit carries is more than the wires were designed to carry? |
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| What are used to prevent overloading in circuits? |
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Fuses or circuit breakers. Fuses melt at a given current. Circuit breakers use magnets or bimetallic strips to open a switch that possesses too high a current.
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