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Circuit and Light
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Electric current | flow of electric energy |
| Parallel circuit | circuit with more than one path |
| Series circuit | circuit with one path |
| Circuit | a closed path that electric current flows through |
| Complete path | closed circuit |
| Open circuit | incomplete path |
| Switch | a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit |
| source/cell | battery |
| Absorb | to take in |
| Lens | piece of see through material that is curved on one or both sides |
| Medium | substance |
| Prism | triangular shape; used to refract light |
| Reflection | light bounces back |
| Refraction | light bends |
| Transmit | allow energy to pass through a medium |