Circuit Vocabulary and STAAR Questions

Select the words that apply to the circuit.

• Open

• On

• Closed

• Complete

• Incomplete

Select the words that apply to the circuit.

• Off

• Complete

• Incomplete

• Closed

• Open

Select the words that apply to the circuit.

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• Complete
• On
• Open
• Closed
• Incomplete

Tags

NGSS.4-PS3-2

Select the words that apply to the circuit.

• Open
• Closed
• Incomplete
• On
• Complete

Select the word(s) that apply to the circuit.

• Incomplete

• On

• Complete

This circuit has five light emitting diode, or LED, light. It also has one battery and a switch.

Which LEDs produce light when the switch is in the position shown?

• LED 1, 2, 5

• LED 1, 2, 3, 4

• LED 2, 5

• LED 1, 3, 4

Tags

NGSS.4-PS3-2

In some circuits that are used for decorating, one burned-out lightbulb will prevent all the other lightbulbs from lighting. In other circuits, one burned-out lightbulb will have no effect on the other lightbulbs. In which of these circuits will the other lightbulbs still light even if one bulb is burned out?

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Students constructed a circuit using different-colored lightbulbs. What will happen if Switch 3 is closed and the other switches are left open?

• Only the white bulb will operate.

• None of the bulbs will operate.

• Only the white and yellow bulbs will operate.

• Only the red and blue bulbs will operate.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A student builds a circuit allowing the lightbulbs to light, the buzzers to make sound, and the motors to turn. Which two switches can be open and still allow all of the parts to work?

• Switches 1 and 3

• Switches 1 and 4

• Switches 2 and 3

• Switches 3 and 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A student wants to build a circuit with four lightbulbs and one bell. The student wants to place a switch in the circuit so that only one light will still be on and the bell will still ring when the switch is opened. Which of these circuits should the student build?

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