Electrical Circuits

A path for electricity to move through is called a

• Switch

• Circuit

• Current

Material through which charges can move freely is called an

• electrical conductor

• electrical circuit

• electricity

Examples of electrical conductors are

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• Copper

• Iron

• Brass

• Water

Materials through which charges cannot move easily

• Electrical switches

• Electrical insulators

• Circuits

Examples of electrical insulators

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• plastic

• rubber

• glass

• dry air

Components are

• plastic and rubber

• basic parts of a circuit

• batteries

This pushes electricity through the circuit

• energy source

• component

• circuit

Examples of an energy source

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• wire

• battery

• generator at a power plant

• rubber

Wires that connect all the parts of the circuit and create a path or loop for electricity to travel through

• connectors

• paths

• loops

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

An example of a connector

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• battery

• metals, such as copper

• light bulb