Question

PLEASE HELP!!!! Look at the circuit diagram. What type of circuit is shown? A. Closed series circuit B. Closed parallel circuit C. Open parallel circuit D. Open series circuit

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Closed Series Circuit

Explanation:

Let's dissect the image. Just a heads up, I'm going to use a few of street/road analogies here. Think of the current as cars/people, the circuit path as streets/roads, and the resistors(in the bulbs) are like speed bumps.

1. We have arrows dictating the direction of the current caused by the battery. If the circuit were open, it'd be as though we had a gap in a road so that no cars/people could go through. But because we have a current, that indicates that the circuit is closed.
2. Next there's the question of the whether the resistors are in series or parallel. In simple cases like this, ask yourself if the resistors are on the same "street" or not. By that I mean, can you follow one line of current without breaking off to a different path? Here, it looks like the two resistors/bulbs are in series because they are on the same path.

So what you're looking at is a closed series circuit.