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    Science Test – Electricity Unit

    1. Draw a symbol for a cell below. Label the charges.

    2. Draw the symbol for a wire below.

    3. Draw the symbol for a light bulb below.

    4. Draw a simple circuit below.

    5. Draw a parallel circuit with two bulbs. (clue: make sure the battery charges are parallel in your
    drawing).

    6. If you were to remove the center bulb from the parallel circuit above would the other bulb still light?
    Explain why or why not.
    7. Draw a series circuit with one battery and two light bulbs.

    8. If I were to remove one of the light bulbs in the series circuit, would the other bulb still light? Explain
    why or why not.

    Vocabulary

    Directions: Write the word from the box to match its definition.

    Battery/cell circuit conductor

    electric charge insulator switch

    ________________1. Material through which electric current passes easily

    ________________2. Path along which electric current flows

    ________________3. One source of electrical energy

    ________________4. Device used to stop and start the flow of electric current in a circuit

    ________________5. Material through which electric current does not pass easily

    ________________6. Can be positive or negative


    Directions: Write the letter of the best answer.

    7. Electric current can flow only through a circuit that is ___________________.

    a. open

    b. diagrammed

    c. closed

    d. positive

    8. On a circuit diagram, a long line and a short line side by side are the symbol for a _____________.

    a. switch

    b. fuse

    c. bulb

    d. battery

    9. The points where electric current leaves and enters a battery are _______________.

    a. resistors

    b. fuses

    c. switches

    d. terminals

    10. Wires are often made of copper because copper _______________.

    a. is a filament

    b. has high resistance

    c. is a good conductor

    d. uses few watts


    11. Many wires are covered with rubber or plastic because these materials are _____________.

    a. good conductors

    b. grounded

    c. good insulators

    d. negatively charged.

    12. Al l the circuit parts are connected one after the other in ______________.

    a. a series circuit

    b. a parallel circuit

    c. an open circuit

    d. a closed circuit

    13. List at least 3 conductors you can think of…

    14. List at least 3 insulators you can think of ..

    15. Tell me what you enjoyed the most when learning about Electricity.

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