Electric Circuits

Something that allows energy to pass through it

• Conductor

• Insulator

Something that stops or slows down energy

• Conductor

• Insulator

If a light in a circuit will not light up, the circuit is...

• open

• closed

A ______ circuit has a complete path for electricity to flow through

• open

• closed

In a circuit the power source is the...

• battery

• light bulb

• wire

A ______ circuit has one path that electricity can flow. A break in this path will stop the whole electric current.

• Series

• Parallel

A ______ circuit has more than one path that electricity can flow. A break in one of these paths may not stop the whole electric current.

• Series

• Parallel

This device can open and close the circuit

• switch

• battery

• light bulb

• motor