Intro: Circuits

Multiple Choice

All circuits have 3 basic parts:

• light, heat, and sound

• energy source, wire, and load

• wires, batteries, and lightbulbs

• mechanical energy, kinetic energy, and potential energy

Match

Match the following

• insulator

• conductor

• load

• energy source

• electron

materials that stop electricity

materials that allows electricity to flow

a light bulb

a battery

this particle has a negative charge

• materials that stop electricity

• materials that allows electricity to flow

• a light bulb

• a battery

• this particle has a negative charge

Multiple Choice

If a wire breaks in a series circuit, the other parts of the circuit...

• still work

• explode

• turn off

• wires never break

Match

Match the following

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• open circuit

• closed circuit

• electricity

only has one path for electricity to flow

more than one path for electricity to flow

the circuit is switched off

the circuit is switched on

the flow of electric charge

• only has one path for electricity to flow

• more than one path for electricity to flow

• the circuit is switched off

• the circuit is switched on

• the flow of electric charge