Review: 5.8

If you replace the paper clip with a plastic spoon, what happens?

• The bulb doesn't light
• The bulb is dimmer
• The wires get hot
• There is no change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Would would best complete this circuit?

• A wire
• A switch
• A battery
• A light bulb

What is a switch's function in a circuit?

• to make the current hotter or colder
• turn on and off the flow of current
• the pathway that current flows
• to add more power to the circuit

this circuit is .....?

• open

• parallel

• closed

• insulator

This circuit won't work. What essential part is missing from this circuit?

• resistance

• source of electric current

• conductor

• insulator

Which one will still function if one light bulb goes out?

• A-Series

• B-Parallel

• A-Parallel

• B-Series

The diagram shows an electric circuit with four bells that a student plans to build. When the student connects the wires as shown, which of the bells will ring?

• Bell 1 Only

• Bells 1 and 4

• Bells 3 and 4

• Bells 1, 2, 3, and 4

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

In some circuits that are used for decorating, one burned-out lightbulb will prevent all the other lightbulbs from lighting. In other circuits, one burned-out lightbulb will have no effect on the other lightbulbs.

In which of these circuits will the other lightbulbs still light even if one bulb is burned out?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Most cars have lights, power locks, radios, and other equipment that use electricity. Electric circuits power this equipment. Each circuit has a fuse that completes it. The picture below shows one type of fuse a car may have.

Which of these describes one thing that could happen if the wire in a car fuse burns out?

• The car's lights will burn brighter

• The car's radio will not work

• The car's turn signal will blink too slowly.

• The car's power windows will open faster

Which object requires only mechanical energy to perform its main function? (5.6A)

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1