Electricity Vocabulary Quiz

1. a circuit in which there is only one path for electricity to travel is

• short circuit
• battery
• series circuit

2. a device used to turn the electrical current on or off

• filament
• open circuit
• switch

3. an energy source

• insulator
• battery
• circuit

4. the closed path through which an electrical current flows

• conductor
• volt
• circuit

5. an electrical circuit that is not complete

• open circuit
• closed circuit
• short circuit

6. the part of the light bulb that lights

• insulator
• filament
• parallel circuit

7. a circuit with a continuous path, without interruption

• short circuit
• closed circuit
• series circuit

8. material that allows electricity to pass through it

• conductors
• insulators
• volt

9. a circuit in which the electricity travels in more that one path

• insulator
• short circuit
• parallel circuit

10. a material that DOES NOT allow electricity to pass through it

• insulators
• conductors
• closed circuit