Examples of parallel & series circuits

[2749sophie]

Hi
Very simple question I imagine but could someone please give me some examples of uses of parallel and series circuits.
Many thanks

[leftyretro]

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_5/1.html

[2749sophie]

Thank you for that link. I had already looked at that and it did not really help me. I should have been more specific in my question I think.

The info in the link is more indepth than I need I think - what I need to do is show examples of uses of both types of circuits in everyday objects, eg: different electrics in a house or a car. I read the link and ended up more confused! It is a long time since I studied science (I am 36!) and am trying to help my year 9 daughter with her homework but can't find any info on this that is reasonably basic.

Thanks

[hgmjr]

Series circuit example would be like a typical two battery flashlight. The two batteries are in series.

Parallel circuit example would be like when you use jumper cables to connect two car batteries together to jump start a car.

hgmjr