What is the difference in a parallel circuit and a series circuit?

Answer 1

A series circuit is a circuit with only one pathway for electrons (electricity) to flow! And a parallel circuit has two or more pathways for electrons (electricity) to flow!

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series circuit has a common current and a parallel circuit has a common voltage.

Answer 2

Series circuits are wired in a daisy chain (sequence). If one of the legs of the circuit opens, current flow stops on the whole circuit. (+)1(->)2(->)3(->)4(-)

Parallel circuits are wired matching the polarities of each leg to the supply. If one of the legs of the circuit opens, current keeps flowing to other legs.

(+)1(-)

(+)2(-)

(+)3(-)

(+)4(-)

Answer 3

A series circuit has one path for current, while a parallel circuit has more than one path for current.

In addition, devices in a series circuit share the voltage while devices in parallel share the current.

Answer 4

Parallel circuits have multiple routes for current flow. Open a current path in a parallel leg and current still flows in other leg(s). A series circuit only has a single path for current. Break it at any point and it's an open circuit.

Answer 5

In a parallel circuit, the components are connected to the same voltage source but have their own separate branches, offering multiple paths for current to flow. In a series circuit, the components are connected in a single path, and the same current flows through each component sequentially.