Question

Use your observations of the circuit construction simulation experiment and your course notes to answer the following questions. Which statement is true? When two resistors are connected in series, there is less total current in the circuit than if the two resistors were connected in parallel. When two resistors are connected in parallel, there is less total current in the circuit than if the two resistors were connected in series. The total current is the same regardless of if the two resistors are connected in series or in parallel.

Answer 1

Answer:

When two resistors are connected in series, there is less total current in the circuit than if the two resistors were connected in parallel.

Explanation:

When two or more resistors are connected in series then total resistance is given as

$R = R_1 + R_2$

while if two or more resistors are connected in parallel then total resistance is given as

$\frac{1}{R} = \frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2}$

so here we can say that net resistance would be less in the circuit if resistors are connected in parallel

so here we can say that

When two resistors are connected in series, there is less total current in the circuit than if the two resistors were connected in parallel.

Answer 2

I didn't do the circuit construction simulation experiment, and
I don't have any course notes.  Both of those were YOUR job. 

But I'm still going to take your points.  I'll try to answer the question
based on what I know, and you'll just have to decide whether you
trust me, even though I never had any contact with your class or
anything that happened there.

I believe that when two resistors are connected in series,
there is less total current in the circuit than if the two resistors
were connected in parallel.  That's the first choice.