Chapter 25 Circuits: Introduction
In this chapter you will learn about the fundamentals of circuits.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the conditions for current to flow through circuit components.
- Relate current to the flow of electric charge per unit time.
- Draw and label basic and advanced circuit diagrams.
- Treat batteries as sources of constant voltage rather than constant current.
- Determine the amount of current flowing through a circuit with one or more resistors and a single battery, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Determine the amount of current flowing through a circuit with one or more resistors and more than one battery, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Determine the equivalent resistance of a circuit.
- Determine the power and/or energy used by a resistor.
