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Switch on Switch off
Closes the circuit Opens the circuit
Electric current Electric current
flows doesn’t flow
Closed circuit Opened circuit
P.O.C Electric conductors Electric insulators
Definition Materials allow electricity Materials that don’t allow
“electrons” to flow electricity “electrons” to flow
Examples through them.
Good conductors of through them.
electricity.
Bad conductors of
electricity.
Water and all metals as Wood, plastic, rubber,
iron, copper, aluminum clothes, and glass.
When they are They close the circuit and They open the circuit and the
connected to allow the electric current electric current can’t flow
the circuit .. to flow through the circuit. through the circuit.
Life Electric wires are made of Electric wires and plugs are
application
electric conductors covered with electric
insulator to keep you safe.
It stops the flow of electricity.
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