Chapter 13 Electricity

A switch that opens a circuit by turning itself off is a...

• circuit breaker
• motor
• electromagnet
• insulator

A circuit that has more than one path for electricity to follow is a...

• series
• static
• broken
• parallel

Copper is used in wiring because it is an excellent______________ of electricity.

• circuit breaker
• conductor
• insulator
• fuse

When a switch is turned on, you close a circuit so that it is___________.

• incomplete
• inactive
• complete
• broken

The only charges that can move from one object to another are___________ charges.

• electric
• neutral
• positive
• negative

I allow electricity to run through me easily.

• fuse
• conductor
• insulator
• electric circuit

I am the path along which electricity travels.

• electric circuit
• conductor
• insulator
• fuse

I am the crackle you hear when you touch a doorknob after rubbing your feet across a carpet.

• electric circuit
• electric discharge
• fuse
• conductor

I try to keep electricity from getting to you.

• conductor
• fuse
• electric discharge
• insulator

I open overloaded circuits by melting.

• circuit
• conductor
• insulator
• fuse