Circuits Vocabulary

A pathway that allows an electric current to flow freely.

• Closed Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Flow Circuit

• Incomplete Circuit

When one light goes out all the other lights go out because there is only one electrical path.

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

Electricity flows along multiple pathways.

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

In an complete circuit, the battery is also known as

• Energy

• Complete Path

• Energy Source

Which of the following is required to complete a circuit?

• Battery, Wires, Light Bulb, Switch

• Wires, Lightbulb, Switch

• Battery, Wires, Switch

• Battery, Wires, LightBulb

Another word for a closed circuit

• Incomplete Circuit

• Broken circuit

• Complete Circuit