ELECTRIC CIRCUITS REVISED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS REVISED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.4
Conductor - correct answer a material through which electrical current can flow.
Insulator - correct answer a material that does not easily carry or allow the
Passage or flow of an electric current.


Battery - correct answer a source of electrical energy that is created by a chemical reaction and
pushes electric charges in a circuit.


Closed circuit - correct answer a complete electrical circuit or path
Through which electricity or current can pass or flow


Open circuit - correct answer a circuit or electrical path that is broken or
Incomplete, and so electricity cannot flow through it


Switch - correct answer a device that allows an electrical circuit to be opened
Or closed


Diode - correct answer conducts electricity in one direction only


Circuit - correct answer a closed loop of conductive material that will allow electricity to flow
through it


Load - correct answer an item that uses electricity


Lightbulb - correct answer a filament held by two stiff wires and surrounded by a clear glass
globe