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Points To Remember - Electricity

This document provides a summary of key points about electricity and circuits for a 6th grade science class. It defines important terms like power station, electric cell, terminal, battery, bulb, circuit, open circuit, closed circuit, fused bulb, electric switch, conductors, insulators, and electric torch. It also provides safety tips about not playing with electrical wires and sockets and warns that electricity from portable generators can be dangerous.

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Points To Remember - Electricity

This document provides a summary of key points about electricity and circuits for a 6th grade science class. It defines important terms like power station, electric cell, terminal, battery, bulb, circuit, open circuit, closed circuit, fused bulb, electric switch, conductors, insulators, and electric torch. It also provides safety tips about not playing with electrical wires and sockets and warns that electricity from portable generators can be dangerous.

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SNBP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RAHATANI 2020-21

SUBJECT : SCIENCE OFFLINE-WORK


CLASS : 6
TOPIC/LESSON NO. : L-12 Electricity and circuits
Points to remember- (Covers the whole lesson and to be noted down
in C.W notebook at the beginning of the lesson)
https://youtu.be/QewaGKDu4VE – video for chapter

Power station: Electricity that we use at homes, in our factories, is supplied from a


power station.

Electric cell: Electric cell is a source of electricity. An electric cell produces a small


amount of electricity from chemicals stored inside it. When the chemicals in the
electric cells are used up, the electric cells stop producing electricity.

Terminal: All types of electric cells have two terminals, a positive terminal and a
negative terminal. In a dry cell used in our homes, the central carbon rod is the
positive (+) terminal and the zinc contained is the negative (-) terminal.

Battery: When two or more cells are joined together, the combination is called a
battery.

Bulb: We get light from a thin tiny wire inside the glass cover. This is called filament.
It is supported by two thicker wires, as shown in Fig. One of these thick wires is
connected to the metal casing around the base of the bulb. The other is connected
to the metal tip of the base. The base of the bulb and the metal tip of the base are
the two terminals of the bulb. These two terminals are fixed in such a way that they
do not touch each other.
The inside portion of the bulb is filled up with inert gases, like argon.
In the bulb, current enters through one of its terminals, flows through the filament
inside the bulb and comes out through the other terminal of the bulb. When the
current flows through the filament, it starts glowing.

Circuit: The complete path, from one terminal of the electric cell through the bulb
and back to the other terminal of the electric cell, is called a circuit.

Open circuit: If there is any gap in the path of a circuit, the bulb does not light up.
Such a circuit is called an open circuit.

Closed circuit: The bulb lights up only when a bulb and wire form a complete path,
which starts at one terminal of electric cell and ends at the other terminal. Such a
circuit is called a closed circuit.

Flow of current in a circuit: The electric current flows from the positive terminal of
the electric cell to its negative terminal.
Fused bulb: If the filament of the bulb is broken, the circuit is not completed and
hence the current cannot flow. The bulb with broken filament is called a fused bulb.
When a bulb gets fused, it does not light up.

Electric switch: Electric switch is a simple device that either breaks the circuit or
completes it to stop or start the flow of current.

 When the switch completes the circuit, it is called closed switch.


 When the switch breaks the circuit, it is called open switch.

Conductors

 Materials through which electric current can flow are called conductors.
 Most metals are conductors.
 Our body is also a good conductor.
Insulators

 Materials, through which the electric current cannot pass, are called
insulators. In other words, insulators are the bad conductors of
electricity.
 Rubber and wood are insulators.
 Conduction tester: It is a simple device to test whether a material is a
conductor or insulator.
Electric Torch

An electric torch has one or more dry cells inside it, which act as the ‘source’. These
cells are connected through a switch to a small bulb. When the switch is pushed to
the ‘on’ position, the circuit is complete and the bulb glows. When the switch is
pushed to the ‘off’ position, the circuit is incomplete (broken). Now the current
cannot flow through the circuit, and the light goes out.

Electrical Safety : One should never play with electrical wires and sockets. Electricity
from cells is safe and you can experiment with it, but you have to be careful not to
connect the two terminals of a cell directly through a wire/conductor. Electricity
generated by portable generators is dangerous and should not be used for
experiments. The symbol of skull and cross bones is used to warn people of danger.
An electric shock may even lead to death.

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