5.6B Circuits Vocabulary

A path along which electric charges can flow

• Series Circuit

• Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Conductor

An electrical path with no breaks or gaps that has all the necessary components to allow the electrical charge to flow

• parallel Circuit

• series Circuit

• complete path/closed circuit

• insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

An electrical path with breaks or gaps that does not have all the necessary components to allow the electrical charge to flow- light is off!

• parallel Circuit

• incomplete path/open circuit

• series Circuit

• conductor

materials that allow electricity or heat to travel through it. All METALS and Water are good examples of this.

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• power source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Materials that do not allow heat or electricity to flow. No Flow! Examples: rubber, plastic, wood, and cloth

• series circuit

• power source

• insulator

• conductor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

An electric circuit in which if one load stops working, all loads quit working - BFF

• multiple pathway circuit

• one pathway circuits

• insulator

• conductor

An electric circuit in which if one load stops working, the other loads can continue to work

• one pathway circuit

• switch

• multiple pathway circuit

• power source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

provides the electrical energy for the circuit, the battery

• switch

• load

• power source

• wires

The component of a circuit that consumes the electrical energy. Example: light bulb, bell or motor.

• load

• switch

• power source

• circuit

a device that opens or closes a gap in a circuit

• switch

• load

• power source

• battery