Electric Circuits

If you replace the paper clip with a plastic spoon, what happens?

• The bulb doesn't light
• The bulb is dimmer
• The wires get hot
• There is no change

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

What kind of circuit is this?

• series
• parallel

this is the symbol for a _____?

• switch
• light 
• battery
• wires

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5

What kind of circuit is this?

• Series
• Consecutive
• Parallel
• Training

The picture shows an electrical circuit. This circuit is a series circuit because: 

• It has 3 light bulbs.
• The same current flows through all three light bulbs.
• It uses a single battery.
• The electrical current has more than one path to flow through

What needs to be done to this circuit so that the lamp lights up?

• Close the switch

• Add a source and close the switch

• Add another lamp

• Add another lamp and a switch

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

1. Which switch or switches must be closed to make the lamps light?

• Only switch 1

• Only switch 1

• Switches 1 and 2

• Switches 1 , 2 and 3

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NGSS.HS-PS3-5

Which of the following materials is an electrical conductor?

• Silver spoon

• Silver-colored plastic spoon

• cooper spoon

• wooden spoon

A series circuit has ____ path(s) that the electric current can take. 

• One
• Two 
• Three 
• Four

In a parallel circuit, if one connection is broken, all of the connections stop working.

• True
• False