GUMACA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Brgy. Mabini, Gumaca, Quezon 4307

Contact No. 09778248353 School ID: 301325
“Creating Opportunity, Serving the Community, and
Building Productive Society”
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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
GRADE 8 – SCIENCE
FIRST QUARTER (WEEK 8)
NAME: JORGIELYN T. GEULIN
SECTION: SOC DATE:
ANSWER SHEET

Learning Task No. 1:

Give an example of appliances at home that is connected using a series connection.
Draw the circuit in a series connection. TOASTER

Learning Task No. 2:

Give an example of appliances at home that is connected using a parallel connection.
Draw the circuit in a parallel connection. MICROWAVE
 GUMACA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. Mabini, Gumaca, Quezon 4307
Contact No. 09778248353 School ID: 301325
“Creating Opportunity, Serving the Community, and
Building Productive Society”
_________________________________________________________________________________

Learning Task No. 3:

Make a chart that will explain the difference between parallel and series connection in
a circuit in terms of current. Voltage, resistance, pathway of flow of electric current,
brightness of bulbs, if breaks occur in circuits, battery status, and applications.

Criteria Series Connection Parallel Connection

Current Since there is only one path
for current to flow through
in a series circuit, the current
through each device is the
same.
Voltage The total voltage across a
series circuit that consists of
more than one resistor is
also equal to the applied
voltage but consists of the
sum of the individual
resistor voltage drops.
Resistance As the number of light bulbs
in a series circuit increase, so
does the total resistance.
(The total resistance is
always longer than the
longest resistor.)
Pathway of flow An electric circuit is said to
of electric current be connected in series when
the same current flows
through all the components
in the circuit.
Brightness of Gets dimmer as more light
bulbs bulbs are being added as the
voltage is split up.
If breaks occur in The circuit will then be
a circuit broken and will stop
working immediately.
Battery status Connecting batteries in
series increases voltage but
does not increase overall
amp-hour capacity.
Applications For practical purposes, series
circuits are often used for
signal and control
applications.
The total current is found by
finding the sum of current in
each branch.
The voltage in this circuit is
the same for each and every
three branches and it is also
the same as the voltage of
the source.
As the number of branches in
a parallel circuit increase, so
does the resistance. (The
total resistance is always
smaller than the smallest
resistor.)
An electric circuit is said to be
parallel when the electric
current has multiple paths to
flow through.
Each branch receives the
same voltage therefore the
brightness of the bulb is not
affected.
All the other light bulbs will
stay lit because there is still a
path where the electricity can
travel.
Connecting batteries in
parallel increases total
current capacity by
decreasing total resistance,
and it also increases overall
amp-hour capacity.
A common application of
parallel circuits is typical
house wiring to the power
line.
 GUMACA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Brgy. Mabini, Gumaca, Quezon 4307
Contact No. 09778248353 School ID: 301325
“Creating Opportunity, Serving the Community, and
Building Productive Society”
_________________________________________________________________________________

Learning Task No. 4:

Make a list of the advantages and disadvantage of series and parallel connections at
home. Complete the chart below.

Series Connection Parallel Connection

Advantages You can easily recognize The circuits still works even
any mistakes in the circuit. if a component is missing
because of junctions.

Disadvantages The circuits will not work if It is harder to recognize a

a component is missing. mistake in the circuit.