Lighting Up a Bulb: Understanding Electric Circuits

What is needed at the very least to light up a bulb in an electric circuit?

• A bulb and a wire

• A bulb, a battery, and a wire

• A bulb and a battery

• Two bulbs and a wire

What does a battery provide to an electric circuit?

• Light

• Heat

• Electrical energy

• Mechanical energy

What happens if there is a break anywhere in the circuit?

• The bulb will shine brighter

• The bulb will not light up

• The bulb will flicker

• The battery will recharge

What is a series circuit?

• A circuit with multiple paths for the current to flow

• A circuit where components are connected end to end

• A circuit that can only have one light bulb

• A circuit that uses only batteries and no bulbs

The pathway through which electric current flows from the D-cell to the lightbulb and back to the cell.

• circuit

• wire

• short circuit

• magnetism

The ___________ burns out too quickly," Mr. Edison said. "We have to find a better material to make it (the lightbulb) longer lasting."

• metal case

• Filament

• copper wire

• glass dome

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Thomas Edison was famous for improving a product he didn't invent, what was that product? 

• battery

• lightbulb

• kite

• lamp post

Examine the circuits. Which one will light the bulb?

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A lightbulb in a circuit gives off energy. What is the evidence of energy?

• light

• sound

• motion

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The part of the bulb that produces light is the

• metal case

• metal base

• filament

• glass dome