Understanding Electricity and Circuits

What is electricity?

• A form of energy created by charged or moving electrons or protons

• A type of magnetism

• A form of light

• A type of sound

What does it mean to attract in terms of electric charges?

• To push

• To pull

• To rotate

• To stop

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What is the definition of repel in the context of electric charges?

• To pull

• To push

• To combine

• To neutralize

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What are electric particles?

• Particles inside atoms with no charge

• Particles inside atoms with negative and positive charges

• Particles that only have positive charges

• Particles that only have negative charges

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What is neutral matter?

• Matter with only positive charges

• Matter with only negative charges

• Matter with no electric charge because it has an equal amount of positive and negative charges

• Matter with a magnetic charge

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What is static electricity?

• The flow of electrical charges through a circuit

• The buildup of electrical charges on an object

• The movement of charges in a magnetic field

• The discharge of charges in a circuit

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What is a circuit?

• A device that stores electrical energy

• The path which electric current flows

• A type of battery

• A form of static electricity

What is current electricity?

• The buildup of electrical charges on an object

• The flow of electrical charges through a circuit

• The discharge of charges from one object to another

• The stopping of electrical flow

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What is an open circuit?

• A complete circuit in which current flows, "on"

• No current flows, the path is incomplete, "off"

• A circuit with multiple paths

• A circuit with a switch

What is a closed circuit?

• A circuit with multiple paths

• A circuit with a switch

• A complete circuit in which current flows, "on"

• No current flows, the path is incomplete, "off"