WORKSHEET (ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS)
1. Fill in the blanks:
a) An electric cell has ______ __ terminals.
b) A device that is used to break an electric circuit is called a ______ __.
c) The continuous flow of electrons in an electric circuit is called ______ __.
d) Materials that allow electric current to pass through them are called ______ __.
e) Materials that do not allow electric current to pass through them are called ______ __.
2. Mark ‘True’ or ‘False’ for the following statements:
a) Electric current can flow through metals.
b) Instead of metal wires, a jute string can be used to make a circuit.
c) Electric current can pass through a sheet of thermocol.
3. Explain why the bulb would not glow in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1
4. Complete the drawing shown in Fig. 2 to indicate where the free ends of the two wires should
be joined to make the bulb glow.
Fig. 2
5. Would the bulb glow in the circuit shown in Fig. 3?
Fig. 3
6. Name two materials which are conductors of electricity.
7. Name two materials which are insulators of electricity.