Grade 5 Vocabulary SOL Review 5.4 Electricity

Materials that allow electricity to easily flow through them.

• Insulators
• Semiconductors
• Non-metals
• Conductors

Materials that do not allow electricity to flow easily through them.

• Conductors
• Superconductors
• Semiconductors
• Insulators

A circuit that does not allow a continuous flow of electricity

• Open Circuit
• Closed Circuit
• Series Circuit
• Parallel Circuit

A complete circuit that allows electricity to flow.

• A light bulb
• A battery
• A closed circuit
• A wire

What can you build with a bulb, a battery, and a wire?

• A simple electric circuit
• A car
• A computer
• A television

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The transfer of negatively charged particles between materials. Lightning is an example.

• Static Electricity

• Magnetic Field Transfer
• Gravitational Pull
• Sound Wave Propagation

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Wrapping a wire around metal containing iron to make a closed circuit creates a(n) ____________.

• Electric field
• Electromagnet

• Battery
• Resistor

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A current flowing through a wire creates a(n) ____________.

• Electric field
• Magnetic field
• Gravity field
• Sound wave

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A circuit that allows electricity to flow in more than one path.

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Closed Circuit

Materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them.

• Conductors

• Semiconductors

• Insulators

• Metals