Discovery Education Video assessment: Electric Circuits

What is created when charges flow through a wire or another material?

• short circuit

• static electricity

• electric current

• lightning

Electric current does not flow through this type of electric circuit:

• open

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• closed circuit

In order to make electric charges move, you need a device that produces energy, such as an electric generator or a(n):

• appliance

• battery

• outlet

• groung prong

This is an unintended path that allows current to bypass the loads in a circuit:

• long circuit

• series circuit

• short circuit

• parallel circuit

Fuses shut off electric current when the current gets too:

• fast

• long

• hot

• short

Fuses, circuit breakers, and ground prongs are all:

• electric circuits

• parallel circuits

• short circuits

• safety mechanisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What part of a plug protects against short circuits?

• fuse

• ground prong

• electric current

• static plug

In a parallel circuit, different parts of the circuit are on:

• third prong

• electric current

• fuses

• separate branches

the greater the potential difference, the greater the:

• circuit breaker

• short circuit

• electric circuit

• voltage

An electric circuit consists of a source of energy; a load, or resistance; and a(n):

• electric circuit

• switch

• volt

• fuse