Electricity and circuits

What is a circuit?

• an outlet or switch
• a path which an electric current flows
• a poor conductor

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

A conductor is ____________

• something that allows electric current to flow easily
• something that limits the flow of electricity

Electrical energy can make heat energy. 

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

All metals conduct electricity equally well. 

• True
• False

A __________ is good at conducting electricity

• conductor
• resistor
• circuit

A _____________ limits the flow of electricity 

• resistor
• conductor
• circuit

____ is the positive terminal of an electrical cell.

• Metal disc

• Metal case

• Metal cap

• Metal base

The tiny coiled metal wire present inside the bulb is called ___

• Element

• Conductor

• Filament

• None of these