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Complete Circuits
Circuit Alley
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Sparkling — Complete Circuits Circuit Alley
Hi!
I'm Sparkling.
Welcome to Circuit Alley!
Will you help me investigate complete circuits?
The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.
Let's check the evidence!
A simple battery circuit needs a complete conducting path through the load
and back to the source.
A break can stop current in that path.
What does the simple circuit need?
- A. Only a wire near a lamp
- B. A complete path
- C. A path ending before the source return
The answer is B: A complete path
A simple battery circuit needs a complete conducting path through the load
and back to the source.
A break can stop current in that path.
That clue helps us make sense of this place.
A diagram helps trace continuity.
A line that almost touches is still a gap in the model.
What is the fault in our diagram?
- A. A gap
- B. The color of the lamp label
- C. Its title
The answer is A: A gap
Our lamp diagram has a gap in one connecting line.
Closing that modeled gap completes the route through the lamp;
drawing an unrelated line elsewhere does not.
Hmm...
how does that connect to our first clue?
Our lamp diagram has a gap in one connecting line.
Closing that modeled gap completes the route through the lamp;
drawing an unrelated line elsewhere does not.
Which model repair addresses it?
- A. Add a disconnected decorative line
- B. Repaint the gap without connecting it
- C. Close the indicated gap
The answer is C: Close the indicated gap
A diagram helps trace continuity.
A line that almost touches is still a gap in the model.
Nice investigating!
You've been following the evidence.
Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.
A simple battery circuit needs a complete conducting path through the load
and back to the source.
A diagram helps trace continuity.
Our lamp diagram has a gap in one connecting line.
You're ready to explore Circuit Alley with me!
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