Circuit Lab/Episodes
Circuit Lab
Episode I
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-What is a 'circuit'?
- ) end. When you touch a wire onto both ends of the battery at the same time, you have created a circuit. What just happened? Current flowed from one end of the battery to the other through your wire. Therefore, our definition of circuit can simply be a never-ending looped pathway for electrons (the battery counts as a pathway!).
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-Oh, so I get it Demosthenes, you could just put a wire onto one end of a battery, and the electrons would still bump each other?
No, you could not. As stated before, in our definition of the circuit, a continuous loop is required. But think about it scientifically: If you did attach the wire to only one end of the battery, where would the electrons go that got bumped to the opposite end of the wire? That is why there needs to be that continuous loop of wire: the electrons need somewhere to go.
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Voltage = Current times Resistance
If you are having trouble, think back to the baseball example: you can have a high chance of winning (voltage) by either scoring a lot of runs (high current) or having good defense/pitching (resistance).
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Have you ever pumped up a super----
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(that last one is more advanced)
