Write brief answers to the following questions:
 
1. In the below figure you find that the bulb glows when an metal pin is placed between two ends of wire. Complete the following sentences on the bases of this fact.
 
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Electric circuit
 
1. allows electric current to pass through the circuit and makes the bulb glow.
  
2. In the above figure if the iron nail is replaced by a plastic, will the bulb glow or not? Justify your answer.
 
i. .
ii. It acts as an .