Circuit Vocab.

An electric circuit in which the current passes through a single path.

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Current Circuit

• Conductor Circuit

The pathway through which electrical current flows

• Electric Circuit

• Flows

• Insulator

• Electromagnet

A path along which electric charges can flow

• Series Circuit

• Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Conductor

Part of a circuit that controls the open-ness or closed-ness of the electric flow.

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Switch

• Generator

An incomplete or broken circuit.

• Closed Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Cracked bulb Circuit

A complete, connected circuit:

• Closed Circuit

• Open Circuit

• Conductor Circuit

Objects that stop or slow down the flow of thermal and electric energy.

• Dams

• Conductors

• Door stops

• Insulators

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Objects that allow thermal and electrical energy to pass through easily.

• Conductors

• Insulators

• Magnets

• Flows

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Electric current moves in a smooth and continuous way - this is its ...

• River

• Motion

• Insulator

• Flow

An electric circuit in which a current can have more than one path.

• Multipath Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Parallel Circuit

• Flow Circuit