Unit 3 M.E.L.T.S Vocabulary 2

switch

• A device that opens or closes a circuit.

• A device that ONLY opens a circuit.

• A device that ONLY closes a circuit.

• MORE than one path

transmit

• MORE than one path

• pass along or through

• push or pull

• pass through and bends

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parallel circuit

• incomplete and not working

• one path

• MORE than one path

• complete and working

series circuit

• pass along or transfer

• MORE than one path

• one path

• strike and bounce

closed circuit

• complete and working

• incomplete and not working

• pass through and bend

• ability to do work

open circuit

• one path

• complete and working

• incomplete and not working

• energy that flows through an electric circuit

conductor

• one path

• complete and working

• A material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow

• A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily

insulator

• material light travels through

• A material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow.

• A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily

• One path

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flow

• to move or travel smoothly in a certain direction

• move away

• move towards

• energy of motion

motion

• moving something

• complete and working

• pass along or through

• ability to work

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