E1: Electric Circuits — D level

Open the PhET circuit construction kit twice.

Draw the series circuit in one tab, and the parallel circuit in the other tab.

Series circuit Parallel circuit

Close the switches for both circuits.

Questions

1. Which has the brighter lamps: series or parallel?
2. Which has more current in the lamps: series or parallel?
3. Which has more voltage across the lamps: series or parallel?
4. Delete one of the lamps in the series circuit. Don’t reconnect the wires. What happens?
5. Delete one of the lamps in the parallel circuit. Don’t reconnect the wires. What happens?