Unit 8: Simple Circuits Review

What type of current supplies electricity in homes and businesses?

• conventional current

• direct current

• potential current

• alternating current

What unit equals a Coulomb per second?

• watt [W]

• joule [J]

• ohm [Ω]

• amp [A]

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What type of current does a calculator battery (size AAA) supply?

• direct current

• alternating current

• conventional current

• potential current

Electricity is the flow of _________.

• protons
• neutrons
• electrons

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This type of circuit has a broken path and charges cannot flow.

• open circuit

• closed circuit

This type of circuit has no brakes in its path and charges can flow through.

• open circuit

• closed circuit

A material that resists the flow of electrical charges

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it

• insulator

• conductor

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• circuit

Identify the insulator below.

• aluminum foil
• paperclip
• rubber eraser

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Identify the conductor below.

• cloth rag
• plastic bottle
• gold ring

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