Circuits and Symbols Worksheet check

Match the definition with the correct word:

slows down the flow of electricity

• resistance

• voltage

• current

• open circuit

• closed circuit

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pushes electricity through a circuit

• resistance

• voltage

• current

• open circuit

• closed circuit

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electricity can flow through this

• resistance

• voltage

• current

• open circuit

• closed circuit

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the flow of electricity through a circuit

• resistance

• voltage

• current

• open circuit

• closed circuit

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a circuit with a break in it; no electricity will flow

• resistance

• voltage

• current

• open circuit

• closed circuit

Electricity sometimes chooses the path of least resistance.

• true

• false

A battery and a capacitor look similar, but are very different and have different functions.

• true

• false

A break in a circuit is any spot where a conductors is in the way of the electricity's flow.

• true

• false

Match the word with the correct water component.

resistor

• restriction in a pipe

• no equivlent

• pipes

• valve

• pump

When studying electricity, early scientists guessed that electrons (- charges) were flowing.

• false

• true