Chapter 35

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

a single cell or series of cells

Question 2

circuit breaker

Answer 2

uses magnets or bimetallic strips to open the switch

Question 3

compound circuit

Answer 3

two different ways to connect two or more electrical devices together in a circui

Question 4

electric circuit

Answer 4

a path where electrons from a voltage or current source flow

Question 5

equivalent resistance

Answer 5

the valve of the single resistor that would comprise the same load to the battery or power source

Question 6

fuses

Answer 6

a type of low resistance resistor that acts as a sacrificial device to protect from overload

Question 7

overload

Answer 7

lines that carry more than a safe amount of current

Question 8

parallel circuit

Answer 8

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

Question 9

schematic diagram

Answer 9

diagram that describe an electric circuit, using special symbols to represent different devices in the circuit

Question 10

series circuit

Answer 10

an electric circuit in which devices are arranged so that charge flows through each in turn

Question 11

voltage drop

Answer 11

a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing