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Grade 5 Electricity & Circuits Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science

Unit 6: Energy & Machines ReviewElectricity, Magnets & Machines

Circuits, conductors and insulators, series and parallel circuits, units of current and voltage, and Ohm's law for older grades. This free upper elementary worksheet has 16 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Electricity & Circuits

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Learning goal: Electricity, Magnets & Machines

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What do we call a complete path that electricity flows around?

Answer: a circuit

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

bulbswitchwirebattery
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  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 5

    What does a switch do in a circuit?

  2. 6

    What is the unit of resistance?

  3. 7

    What is the unit of electric current?

  4. 8

    In a series circuit, what happens to the other bulbs if one bulb breaks?

  5. 9

    Is copper a conductor or an insulator?

    ConductorInsulator
  6. 10

    What is the unit of voltage?

  7. 11

    What is a circuit with only one path for the current called?

  8. 12

    What does a battery provide in a circuit?

  9. 13

    What do we call a material that lets electricity flow through it easily?

  10. 14

    What happens to a bulb if there is a gap in the circuit?

  11. 15

    What is a circuit with more than one path for the current called?

  12. 16

    What do we call a material that does not let electricity flow easily?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.battery
  2. 2.bulb
  3. 3.switch
  4. 4.wire
  5. 5.opens or closes the circuit to turn it off or on
  6. 6.the ohm (Ω)
  7. 7.the ampere (amp, A)
  8. 8.they all go out
  9. 9.a conductor
  10. 10.the volt (V)
  11. 11.a series circuit
  12. 12.energy (it pushes the current around the circuit)
  13. 13.a conductor
  14. 14.it goes out (the circuit is open)
  15. 15.a parallel circuit
  16. 16.an insulator
  17. ★Venus (challenge corner)

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