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Electric circuits: fill in the blanks · Grade 6

Read 6 sentences about electric circuits and write the missing word in each, using the word bank. Practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary.

  • Grade 6 · ages 11 to 12
  • Easy
  • 10 to 15 minutes
  • 1 page
  • Free

Goes with the game Circuit Workshop 3D.

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Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

  • Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
  • conductor · amperes · resistance · fuse · parallel · dimmer
  • 1 Copper is used in wires because it is an excellent ____.
  • 2 Homes are wired in · so each light can be switched on and off separately.
  • 3 Adding more bulbs to a series circuit makes each bulb ____.
  • 4 A · or circuit breaker cuts off current to help prevent fires.
  • 5 Electric current is measured in · with a meter called an ammeter.
  • 6 Ohm's law says voltage equals current times ____.
  • Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.

What your child practices

Your child practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Series and parallel circuits”: compare bulbs in series and in parallel and use switches to control parts of a circuit.

Grades and ages
Grade 6, ages 11 to 12
Time
About 10 to 15 minutes
Subject
Science
Level
Easy for Grade 6
Answer key
Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing
1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated

How to use it

Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is one of the easier sheets for Grade 6, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Read each sentence aloud with a hum for the blank, then try each word bank word in it.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.

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