CIRCUIT- IS ANY ARRANGEMENT OF A

SOURCE OF ENERGY (BATTERY),

CONNECTING WIRES, AND A LOAD (BULB).

COMPLETE/CLOSED CIRCUIT –
PROVIDES PATH FOR ELECTRICAL
CHARGES TO FLOW.
ELECTRIC CURRENT-IS A MEASURE OF
THE NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL
CHARGES PASSING THROUGH A CROSS-
SECTION OF A CONDUCTOR IN A GIVEN
TIME.

THE DIRECTION OF CONVENTIONAL

CURRENT OR SIMPLY CURRENT IS
FROM POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE
TERMINAL
 THE SYMBOL FOR CURRENT IS
CAPITAL LETTER I. THE UNIT FOR
AMPERE IS (A), IS NAMED AFTER
ANDRE-MARIE AMPERE, A FRENCH
PHYSICIST WHO MADE IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY
OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.
AN AMMETER MEASURES ELECTRIC
CURRENT. THE POSITIVE TERMINAL
OF AN AMMETER IS CONNECTED TO
THE POSITIVE TERMINAL OF THE
ENERGY SOURCE. (BATTERY) WHILE
THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL IS
CONNECTED TO THE NEGATIVE
TERMINAL OF THE ENERGY
SOURCE.
VOLTAGE MAKES THE CHARGES MOVE
IN A CLOSED CIRCUIT . IT MAKES THE
CHARGES MOVE IN A CIRCUIT.

BATTERY- SUPPLIES THE ENERGY IN

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS.

TYPES OF BATTERY
DRY CELL – BATTERIES USED IN
FLASHLIGHTS AND WATCHES
WET CELL – USED IN CAR/ VEHICLES
 THE SYMBOL FOR VOLTAGE IS
CAPITAL LETTER V. THE UNIT,
VOLTS (V), IS NAMED AFTER THE
ITALIAN PHYSICIST ALESSANDRO
VOLTA WHO INVENTED THE
VOLTAIC PILE.

VOLTMETER-MEASURES VOLTAGE.