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Electricity and Direct Current Circuits. - Coggle Diagram

- - - - NEUTRONS (NEUTRAL CHARGE)
      - PROTONS ( POSITIVE CHARGE)
      - ELECTRONS(NEGATIVE CHARGE )
  - - - Conductors:
        
        Copper
        
        Silver
        
        Gold
        
        Aluminium
      - Insulators
        
        Plastic
        
        Cardboard
        
        Wood
- - - - Cell.
      - Battery.
  - - - The conductive components of a circuit are the wires.
  - - - Motors
      - Lamps
      - Buzzers
      - Resistors
  - - - One-way switches
      - Push switches
      - Two-way switches
- - - - A circuit is closed when the energy of the power source reaches the load devices, so the electric current flows.
  - - - In these circuits, the load devices are connected on differents branches of the wire. There are several possible paths for the electric current to flow trough.
        
        More electric current flows in the branch that offers the least resistance.
        
        Even if one of the load devices stops working, the rest continue to work because the electric current takes another path (the circuits is closed by another path).
        
        The current does not flow equally trough all the load devices; instead, it is shared by all the possible paths
        
        The lamps will shine very brightly because the energy from the cell reaches them directly.
    - - These cicuits contain devices connected in series and in parallel.
      - In this case, the circuits have properties of both series circuits and parallel circuits.
    - - In these circuits, all the components are connected one after the other. This way, all the current to flow trough.
        
        If one load devices stops working, none of them will work because the circuit will be open. This happens when one of the load devices fails or is not connected to the circuit properly.
        
        The lamps will not be very bright because the energy suplied by the cell is shared among all three.
        
        The same current flows trough all the load devices.