5° B EIE May, 20th

ELECTRIC CURRENT

1 Think about it and answer.

a) What do you do if there is a power cut at night? b) What activities can´t you do if there is a power cut?
¿Qué harías si hay un corte de luz en la noche? ¿Qué actividades no puedes hacer si hay un corte de luz?

2 Read this interactive encyclopedia entry about electric country.

3 Write in the boxes the letter of the corresponding paragraph in 2.

Escribe en los cuadros la letra del párrafo correspondiente.

a Examples of open and closed circuits C

b Differences between parallel and series circuits D
c Definition of electric current A
d Elements of an electric circuit B
e Definition of a circuit A
 4 English Translation Category
Write the words underlined
Bulb lamparita, bombita Noun/Sustant
from the text in 2 next to their
Spanish translation. Then, Charge carga Noun/Sustant.
identify their grammatical
Flow flujo Noun/Sustant
categories -noun or verb.
Escribe las palabras subrayadas Measure medir Verb/Verbo
del texto al lado de la Loop lazo Noun/Sustant
traducción en español. Luego,
identifica su categoría Pathway vía de circulación Noun/Sustant
gramatical – sustantivo o verbo. Break interrupción, corte Noun/Sustant
Sources fuentes Noun/Sustant
Motion movimiento Noun/Sustant
Carry transportan Verb/Verbo
Appliance artefacto Noun/Sustant
Strand rama, hilera Noun/Sustant

5 Answer
a) What is electric current?
b) What is an electric circuit?
c) What is a closed circuit?
d) When is a circuit open?
e) How many pathways are there in a series circuits?
f) How many pathways are there in a parallel circuit with three bulbs?

6 Label the diagrams of the types and states of circuits described in the text.
Rotula los diagramas de los tipos y estados de los circuitos descriptos en el texto.
Answers
1) a) I will check if the cut is only in my house or in the all
neighborhood.
b) I won't be able watch TV or play games in the computer among
other things

5) a) Electric current is electric charge in motion.

b) An electric circuit is like a pathway for electric current.
c) A closed circuit is a complete loop in the flow of the electricity.
d) A circuit is open if there is a break in the flow of the electricity.
e) A series circuit has got one conductor or pathway.
f)