Important Questions Class 6th Science Chapter 9 Electricity and Circuits

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. What is the direction of flow of current in a dry cell?
2. Name the +ve terminal of dry cell.
3. Name the -ve terminal of a dry cell.
4. What is dry cell?
6. What is open circuit
7. Write one use of insulators.
8. What is the name of thin wire in the electric bulb?
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
2. Draw the circuit diagram for operating a bulb with the help of a dry cell.
3. Define conductors and insulators. Give one example of each.
4. Identify conductors and insulators from the following: Eraser, paper,
matchstick, copper wire, pencil lead.
6. Give one activity to prove that air is an insulator.
7. In any electric circuit, when the switch is on and the current flows through it
why do the wire, switches, bulb or devices become hot?

9.If you touch an electric wire carrying current you get a shock, but if on the
same wire the birds sit they do not get any shock/current. Explain why.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1)What is electric circuit?
2)How many types of electric circuit are there? Define them.
3) A student while performing an experiment connected an electric bulb to an
electric cell through an electric switch. He noticed that the bulb does not glow
when the electric switch was set in its ON position. Mention any two reasons
for this observation.
4) Why does a cell stop producing electricity after some time?
5) Name one non metal which is a good conductor of electricity.
6) A torch bulb has two terminals and a cell also has two terminals. In which
case the two terminals are not marked + and - ?
7) Match the following
Column A Column B
1. Covering of switches, appliances, a) It is a simple device that either
plugs socket is made of insulator breaks the circuit or completes it.
2. When the terminals of the bulb are b) because it does not allow current
connected with that of the electric to pass through them so we do not
cell by wires get shock if we touch them
3. Electric switch c) The current passes through the
filament of the bulb. This makes the
bulb glow.
4. An electrician use rubber gloves d) is a device which converts
while repairing an electric switch at chemical energy into electric energy
your home
5. Electric Cell e) Because it is an insulator and it
prevent electric shock

8) Explain why the bulb would not glow in the arrangement shown below.