Current Electricity and Circuits

What is a circuit?

• an outlet or switch

• a path which an electric current flows

• a poor conductor

What type of electrical circuit provides more than one pathway for electrical current?

• Parallel Circuit

• Series Circuit

• Multiple Circuit

What is an electric current? 

• the flow of electricity 

• electricity moving in only one direction

• a switch that gives power

What is a switch? 

• part of the toaster that you plug into the wall

• an outlet that gives power

• part of a circuit that starts or stops the electricity

Electricity that flows in a closed path is called a

• path

• current

• circuit

• light

The ____________ is the energy that flows from the battery, through the wire in it’s path through the circuit.

• Electric Current

• Conductor

• Electromagnet

• Insulator

Since there are multiple pathways the current can take from the positive side of the battery to the negative side, in a ​ (a)   circuit, the ​ (b)   is divided up among the pathways, but the potential, or voltage, is the same for each pathway. ​In ​ (c)   circuits with only one pathway for the current, the ​ (d)   , or voltage, is divided up among the different elements.

• parallel

• current

• series

• potential

Since there are multiple pathways the current can take from the positive side of the battery to the negative side, in a ​ (a)   circuit, the ​ (b)   is divided up among the pathways, but the potential is the same for each pathway. ​In ​ (c)   circuits with only one pathway for the current, the ​ (d)   is divided up among the different elements.

• parallel

• current

• series

• potential

An electric current always flows in a closed path, or loop.

• True

• False

A flow of electrons through a conductor is called:

• A river

• A spark

• An electron flow

• A current