ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

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Conductor

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A material that allows electricity to flow through it. The circuit is complete.

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The wire that gives off the light in a light bulb.

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filament

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The form of energy that can produce light, heat, motion, and magnetic force.

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electricity

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Parallel Circuit

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Electricity has more than one way to travel through the circuit.  The light bulb burns the longest.

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An example of an insulator is? Options: metal, plastic, brass, aluminum

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plastic

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The circuit that has only one path for electricity to travel around.

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series circuit

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The act of going around. A system that connects electrical devices so they will operate is?

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circuit

Front

What holds the filament in a lightbulb?

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support wires

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Which idea is NOT a trouble-shooting step to find out why the electric circuit is not working? Options: Test the wires, are they tightly connected to the fahnestock clips?, Are the batteries lined up negative to positive?, Is the lightbulb big enough?

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Is the lightbulb big enough?

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A unit used to measure the electric potential of a battery is called...

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volt