Electric Current

The flow of electric charges is called ____________.
1. a circuit
2. an electric current
3. an electric force
4. an electric field
A path that is made for an electric current is called a _______.
Many electronic devices we use require a ____________ which is an electric cell that supplies energy to move charges through a circuit.
A material that current can pass through easily is called a _________.
1. resistor
2. insulator
3. conductor
4. open switch
Which of the following resists but does not stop the flow of current?
1. conductor
2. resistor
3. insulator
4. battery
Which type of circuit has more than one path for curent to travel?
1. series
2. parallel
3. open
4. closed
Select the ways you can creat an open circuit in a flashlight.
1. Move the switch to the 'on' position
2. Remove a battery
3. Unscrew the light bulb
4. Move the switch to the 'off' postion
Copper wire in a circuit __________ electricity.
You have three light bulbs connected to a battery in a series circuit. If one of the light bulbs burns out,
1. all the light bulbs will turn off.
2. that bulb will go off, but the other two bulbs will remain lit.
What supplies energy to an electric circuit?
1. conductors
2. resistors
3. insulators
4. electric cells
The strip of material that glows in a a light bulb is a
1. resistor
2. conductor
3. insulator
4. battery
An electric current can be described as:
1. The path made fro an electric current
2. The flow of electric charges
3. The measurement of an objects positive particles
4. An arrangement of wire wrapped around a core

Electric Current

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