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Grade 6 Electricity & Circuits Worksheet with Answers

Grade 6 (US) · Year 7 (UK) · Class 6 (India) · Science

Unit 5: Energy & MotionMachines, Electricity & Light

Circuits, conductors and insulators, series and parallel circuits, units of current and voltage, and Ohm's law for older grades. This free middle school 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

Grade 6 · Science

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Learning goal: Machines, Electricity & Light

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

Example

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

Answer: a conductor

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 is the unit of resistance?

  2. 6

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

  3. 7

    What does a battery provide in a circuit?

  4. 8

    What does a switch do in a circuit?

  5. 9

    Is plastic a conductor or an insulator?

    ConductorInsulator
  6. 10

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

  7. 11

    Why are the lights in a house wired in parallel?

  8. 12

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

  9. 13

    What is the unit of voltage?

  10. 14

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

  11. 15

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

  12. 16

    What is the unit of electric current?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

If you could fold a sheet of paper 42 times, roughly how thick would it be?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.battery
  2. 2.bulb
  3. 3.switch
  4. 4.wire
  5. 5.the ohm (Ω)
  6. 6.it goes out (the circuit is open)
  7. 7.energy (it pushes the current around the circuit)
  8. 8.opens or closes the circuit to turn it off or on
  9. 9.an insulator
  10. 10.a series circuit
  11. 11.so each can be switched separately and one failing doesn't turn off the others
  12. 12.they all go out
  13. 13.the volt (V)
  14. 14.an insulator
  15. 15.a parallel circuit
  16. 16.the ampere (amp, A)
  17. ★far enough to reach the Moon (about 440,000 km) (challenge corner)

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