Electricity & Circuits Review

The flow of electricity around a circuit

• Conductor

• Flow

• Electric circuit

• Electric current

Material that allows electric current to flow through easily

• Flow

• Insulator

• Electric circuit

• Conductor

Insulators are...

• the pathway through which electrical current flows

• Materials that stop current from flowing

• Materials that allow electric current to flow easily

• The flow of electricity around a circuit

A student collected a switch, wires, and a light bulb. If the student wants to make a complete circuit, what does she still need to collect?

• Wooden stick

• Plastic spoon

• Electrical cord

• Battery

The amount of "push" available to move electrons is _____

• Current

• Resistance

• Voltage

• Static Electricity

The opposition to electron movement

• Voltage

• Static electricity

• current

• Resistance

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If a bulb is added between the battery and the switch, ____

• The bulbs get brighter

• The bulbs get dimmer

• The bulb brightness stays the same

• All the bulbs go out

If the top bulb goes out,

• All the bulbs go out

• The other bulbs get dimmer

• There is no effect on the other bulbs

• The other bulbs get brighter

If the middle bulb goes out, _______

• The other bulb gets brighter

• The other bulb goes out

• The other bulb's brightness stays the same

• The other bulb gets dimmer

Devices in a parallel circuit receive

• equal current but different voltage

• equal voltage but different current

• equal voltage and equal current

• different voltage and different current