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Know the Vocabulary of Electrical Circuit Symbols

In this worksheet, students will practise using the vocabulary to describe circuits and their symbols.

'Know the Vocabulary of Electrical Circuit Symbols ' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Electricity

Curriculum subtopic:   Circuit Diagrams and Symbols

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Worksheet Overview

In our homes, we use electricity all the time for many different things.

It would be very hard to live without using electricity.

 

Think about what uses electricity in your kitchen - the kettle, the fridge, the freezer, the washing machine, the toaster, the iron and many more things.

 

Appliances in our homes are powered from the mains electricity by using a plug and a plug socket.

The amount of electricity coming out of a plug socket can be large and dangerous.

 

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This is why we never experiment with mains electricity when we are learning about it.

 

Simple circuits are a good way to learn about electricity because they are powered by a battery, so the amount of electricity passing round the circuit is quite low.

 

simple circuit

 

In this activity, we will have the chance to think about some electrical vocabulary words.

 

Are you ready?

 

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