EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A series circuit has only one path for the current to flow through, whereas a parallel circuit has multiple paths.

Detailed explanation-2: -A “series” circuit has only one path for the electricity to follow. A “parallel” circuit has two or more paths for the electricity.

Detailed explanation-3: -A series circuit is a circuit where there is only one path from the source through all of the loads and back to the source. This means that all of the current in the circuit must flow through all of the loads. One example of a series circuit is a string of old Christmas lights.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is because there is only one path for the current flow. Since electric charge flows through conductors like marbles in a tube, the rate of flow (marble speed) at any point in the circuit (tube) at any specific point in time must be equal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Since there is only one path for current flow in a series circuit, and since each of the resistors is in line to act as an opposition to this current flow, the overall resistance is the combined opposition of all the in-line resistors.