ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

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 COMPONENTS OF A SIMPLE ELECTRICAL
CIRCUIT

Battery

Bulb

Wire

Buzzer

Switch

Motor

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 COMPONENTS OF THE CIRCUITS AND ITS
FUNCTIONS
Battery/cell = provides electricity for the circuit.

Bulb = lights up to indicate that the electricity is flowing

through the circuit.

Buzzer = makes a noise when electricity flows through

it.

Wires = allows electricity to flow through the circuit /

connects all the components in a circuit.

Switch = break or connect electricity in a circuit.

Motor = to move things with the aid of electricity.

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 INCOMPLETE CIRCUITS

An incomplete circuit is a circuit that does

not have a complete pathway for
electricity to pass through.

The bulb in an incomplete circuit would

not light up.

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 COMPLETE CIRCUITS

A complete circuit is a circuit where the

electrical energy can flow in a complete pathway
through the circuit.

The electrical energy travels from the

positive terminal to the negative terminal.

The bulbs in a complete circuit usually lights up.

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 ACTIVITY 1

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 Name: Date:
Look at each circuit diagram below. If you think the bulb or bulbs will

Which of the following is a complete circuit?

light, put a tick in the box. If you do not think the bulb or bulbs will light,
put a cross in the box.

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 DRAWING CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS
Circuit diagrams are drawings of an actual circuit but in a form of symbols.

Picture of a
Circuit Circuit Diagram

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 COMPONENTS OF A CIRCUIT AND ITS
SYMBOLS

Name Of The Picture of the Symbol Of The

Component Component Component

One Cell
Battery
Wire
Open Switch
Closed Switch
Bulb
Buzzer
Motor

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 ACTIVITY 2 Drawing Circuit Diagrams

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 Draw a circuit diagram for the following pictures:
a.

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 b.

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 c.

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 TYPES OF CIRCUITS

Series circuit
Parallel circuit

In a series circuit, In a parallel circuit,

there is only one there is more than
pathway for one pathway for
electricity to flow electricity to flow
through, therefore if through, therefore if
one component is one component is
faulty the rest of the faulty the rest of the
components will not components will
work. work.

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 The Flow of Electricity (electron flow) and Current In
A Circuit

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