Physics
Grade-9
Easy
Question
In a series combination of resistors, the amount of current in the circuit
- Increases
- Decreases
- Makes zero
- None of the above
Hint:
When we connect resistors in series, the current flowing through each resistance remains the same. Thus, in such a circuit, the overall amount of current in the circuit decreases.
The correct answer is: Decreases
In a series combination of resistors, the amount of current in the circuit decreases.
- The role of resistors is to limit the amount of current flow in the circuit.
- When a series of resistors are connected in the circuit, the current flow gets limited by the resistance.
- In other words, in a series circuit, the current stays constant at all points.
- So the amount of current in the circuit decreases.
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